Annabelle Ewing

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Annabelle Ewing

Annabelle Ewing (born August 20, 1960 ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Ewing attended Craigholme School and then studied European law at the University of Glasgow . She subsequently obtained degrees in International Relations ( University of Bologna ), European Integration ( University of Amsterdam ) and Law (University of Glasgow). She worked as a solicitor in Saltcoats and then joined a law firm in Brussels for ten years . Then she moved back to Glasgow to work in a small law firm. Annabelle Ewing is the daughter of the politician Winnie Ewing , sister of the politician Fergus Ewing and is related by marriage to the politician Margaret Ewing .

General Elections

Ewing ran for the first time in the 2001 general election for the SNP in the Perth constituency , which her party colleague Roseanna Cunningham had previously held. She won the election by just 48 votes ahead of the Conservative Party candidate and entered the House of Commons . After the end of the legislative period, the constituency was dissolved. For the general election in 2005 and 2010 Ewing ran for the constituency of Ochil and South Perthshire , but was subject to the Labor Party candidate , Gordon Banks .

Scottish Parliament elections

For entry into the Scottish Parliament , Ewing ran for the first time in the 1999 elections for the constituency of Stirling , but had to admit defeat to Labor candidate Sylvia Jackson . In the 2007 general election , Ewing ran for the constituency of Falkirk East , but was defeated by Cathy Peattie of the Labor Party. In the 2011 parliamentary elections , Ewing stood on the regional list of the electoral region of Mid Scotland and Fife and won the region's only list mandate for the SNP in this election.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on the pages of the Scottish Parliament ( Memento from July 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Information on the SNP website
  3. ↑ Election results on bbc.co.uk
  4. ↑ Election results on bbc.co.uk
  5. ↑ Election results on bbc.co.uk
  6. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  7. ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
personal data
SURNAME Ewing, Annabelle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician (SNP), member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH 20th August 1960