David Davidson (politician)

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David Davidson (born January 25, 1943 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Conservative Party .

Davidson attended Trinity Academy in Edinburgh and then studied pharmacy at Heriot-Watt University . After attending Manchester Business School , he worked in the pharmaceutical field.

Political career

In 1995 Davidson was elected to Stirling City Council. For the first time he ran in the first Scottish general election in 1999 to elections at the national level. In his constituency of Banff and Buchan , he received the second highest number of votes after the SNP politician and later First Minister Alex Salmond . Since Davidson was placed on the first rank of the regional electoral list of the Conservative Party for the electoral region North East Scotland , he moved as one of seven representatives of the electoral region in the newly created Scottish Parliament as a result of the election result. Davidson has been named deputy party spokesman for business, industry and finance. In the following general election in 2003 , he ran for the mandate of the constituency of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine . Again, Davidson received only the second largest share of the vote, this time behind the Liberal Democrat Mike Rumbles , but defended his mandate for North East Scotland. From May 2003 to January 2005 he was party spokesman for health policy issues, then for traffic. In the 2007 general election , Davidson ran in the Aberdeen South constituency and received the fourth highest number of votes. Since Davidson was only placed third on the regional electoral list of the Conservatives for these elections, but the party was only able to send two candidates in this electoral region as a result of the election results, Davidson lost his mandate and left parliament.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from November 10, 2010 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 general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  6. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  7. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website


personal data
SURNAME Davidson, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh , Scotland