Annabel Goldie
Annabel Goldie, Baroness Goldie (born February 27, 1950 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Conservative Party .
Life
Goldie attended Greenock Academy and then studied law at the University of Strathclyde . Between 1978 and 2006 she worked as a lawyer. Goldie is not married. She is a member of the Scottish Lawyers Association.
Political career
In 1992 Goldie became deputy chairwoman of the Scottish Conservatives and became party leader after Michael Hirst's resignation in 1997. It first appeared in the 1992 British General Election for national elections. In her constituency of Renfrew West and Inverclyde , however, she received only the second highest number of votes and thus missed the entry into the British House of Commons .
In the first Scottish parliamentary elections in 1999, Goldie ran for the direct mandate of the West Renfrewshire constituency , but only received the third highest number of votes behind Labor candidate Patricia Godman and SNP politician Colin Campbell and thus missed the direct mandate of the constituency. Since Goldie was placed on the first rank of the regional electoral list of the Conservative Party for the electoral region West of Scotland , she received one of the two list mandates for the Conservative Party in this electoral region and moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament as a result of the election result . As a result, she was elected deputy parliamentary group leader and ultimately functioned as party spokeswoman for finance, business and industry until 2006. In the following parliamentary elections in 2003 and 2007 , she missed the direct mandate of West Renfrewshire, although she was able to increase her share of the vote in both cases. Goldie defended her list mandate for West of Scotland. Between 2003 and 2005, Goldie served as the party spokeswoman for justice. After David McLetchie's resignation as party leader in 2005, Goldie was the only candidate to be unanimously elected as the new party leader. West Renfrewshire, for which Goldie had stood since 1999, was dissolved as part of the 2011 constituency reform. At the 2011 parliamentary elections ran Goldie about the newly created constituency Renfrewshire North and West . The direct mandate, however, went to Derek Mackay from SNP. Goldie received a list mandate from the Conservatives for the fourth time in a row and thus remained in the Scottish Parliament for the fourth electoral term. In November 2011, Goldie resigned as party leader. Ruth Davidson was elected as his successor . Goldie is currently the party spokeswoman for culture and communities.
On October 3, 2013 Goldie was promoted to life peer with the title Baroness Goldie , of Bishopton in the County of Renfrewshire, and thus a member of the House of Lords .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from October 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c Information from the Conservative Party ( Memento from February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Results of the general election in 1992 ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
- ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
- ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
- ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
- ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
- ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
- ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
- ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
- ↑ BBC News: Ruth Davidson elected new Scottish Conservative leader
- ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament ( Memento of July 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ London Gazette, October 7, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goldie, Annabel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goldie, Annabel, Baroness Goldie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |