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
- Annabelle Ewing's own website
- Information on the Scottish Parliament website
- Information from the SNP
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry on the pages of the Scottish Parliament ( Memento from July 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information on the SNP website
- ↑ Election results on bbc.co.uk
- ↑ Election results on bbc.co.uk
- ↑ Election results on bbc.co.uk
- ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
- ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
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SURNAME | Ewing, Annabelle |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish politician (SNP), member of the House of Commons |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th August 1960 |