Colin Beattie

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Colin Beattie

Colin Beattie (born October 17, 1951 in Forfar ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party (SNP). In the 2011 Scottish general election , Beattie won the direct mandate in his constituency of Midlothian North and Musselburgh and moved into the Scottish Parliament for the first time .

Life

Beattie attended Forfar Academy . After training in the financial sector, Beattie worked in banking and from 1995 in finance in the City of London . In 2007 he was elected to the Council Area Midlothian Council. Beattie was nominated in the elections to the Scottish Parliament in 2011 as a direct candidate of the SNP for the newly formed constituency Midlothian North and Mussleburgh , which includes parts of the Council Areas Midlothian and East Lothian , and went with almost 3000 votes (about 10%) ahead of the candidate of the Labor Party Bernard Harkinsemerged as the constituency winner. The win of this constituency for the SNP was significant as it was a Labor stronghold.

At the beginning of November 2016, the Mondelez food company announced that it would be increasing the distances between the chocolate corners in the Toblerone bars produced by Mondelez due to the rise in raw cocoa prices. Afterwards there were numerous consumer protests. Although a spokesman for Mondelez explicitly stated that the change was not due to the impending exit from the EU ( "This change wasn't done as a result of Brexit." ), Beattie made a motion in the Scottish Parliament on November 16, 2016 that the British government must “take speedy action” . The change is "symbolic of the devastating consequences that a Brexit could bring".

Beattie is married and a member of the Rotary Club in Dalkeith .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Presentation on the pages of the Scottish Parliament
  2. ↑ a b Summary on guardian.co.uk
  3. ^ R. Reynolds: Beattie claims new seat with 'historic' win over Labor , The Scotsman , May 6, 2011.
  4. ↑ MSP calls for government action over change to Toblerones. BBC News, November 16, 2016, accessed December 19, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Self-introduction on the pages of the Scottish Parliament
personal data
SURNAME Beattie, Colin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH 17th October 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Forfar