Derek Brownlee

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Derek Brownlee (born August 10, 1974 ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Conservative Party .

Life

Brownlee grew up in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders . He attended Knowepark Primary School and Selkirk High School . Brownlee then studied law at the University of Aberdeen and then worked for various commercial companies.

Political career

In the 2003 general election , Brownlee ran for the direct mandate of the constituency of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale . He received the fourth largest share of the vote and thus missed the entry into the Scottish Parliament . In addition, Brownlee was set in these elections on the fifth place on the regional electoral list of the Conservatives for the electoral region South of Scotland . Since the Conservative Party won one direct mandate and three list mandates in the electoral region, he was barely given a mandate in this way either. After Brownlee's party colleague David Mundell , who had received one of the list mandates, was able to win a seat in the British general election in 2005 , he gave back his list mandate for the Scottish Parliament. Brownlee moved up next on the electoral list and moved into parliament for the first time in 2005. Until the end of the legislative period he was party spokesman for finances and public institutions. In the 2007 general election , Brownlee again missed the direct mandate of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, but received the only Conservative list mandate for South of Scotland as runner-up on the regional electoral list. Since the constituency of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale was dissolved in the wake of constituency reform in 2011, Brownlee ran in the 2011 general election in the East Lothian constituency . He received only the third highest number of votes and was eliminated from the Scottish Parliament.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from August 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Biographical information
  3. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  4. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  7. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  8. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
personal data
SURNAME Brownlee, Derek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1974