Bill Aitken

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Bill Aitken (born April 15, 1947 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Conservative Party .

Aitken attended Allan Glen's School in Glasgow and then worked in insurance. Between 1976 and 1996 Aitken was a Conservative Councilor of Glasgow, from 1980 to 1984 and from 1992 to 1996 opposition leader. In 1993 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Glasgow.

In the Scottish parliamentary elections in 1999 Aitken ran for the constituency of Glasgow Anniesland , but could not prevail against the later First Minister Donald Dewar of the Labor Party and the candidate of the SNP . Due to the election result, Aitken received the only mandate on the regional electoral list for the Conservative Party in the electoral region of Glasgow and moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament . In the parliamentary elections in 2003 and 2007 , he ran for Glasgow Anniesland, but was only able to get the third highest number of votes in both cases. However, he moved back into parliament as a list candidate for the electoral region. In 2010 Aitken announced that it would not run for the next parliamentary elections. Aitken's successor in first place on the Glasgow regional electoral list was Ruth Davidson .

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  1. ↑ a b Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from August 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website.
  3. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website.
  4. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website.
  5. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website.
  6. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website.
  7. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website.
  8. ^ The Scotsman: Tory MSP Bill Aitken to stand down at the next Holyrood election
personal data
SURNAME Aitken, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aitken, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow