Elizabeth Smith (politician)

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Elizabeth Smith

Elizabeth Smith , also short Liz Smith , (born February 27, 1960 ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Conservative Party .

Smith attended George Watson's College in Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh . Between 1983 and 1997 she taught economics at George Watson's College. She then became an advisor to the politician Malcolm Rifkind .

In the general elections in 1997 , 2001 and 2005 , Smith was a candidate for the Conservative Party for the constituencies of Ochil and South Perthshire , Perth and Edinburgh South , but could not win a seat in any case. She lost the 2001 election with a deficit of only 48 votes against Annabelle Ewing of the SNP . In 2007, Smith ran for the first time in the Scottish general election for the constituency of Perth , but was defeated by the SNP candidate, Roseanna Cunningham . Due to the election result, Smith moved into the Scottish Parliament for the first time as one of three candidates for the Conservative Party alongside Ted Brocklebank and Murdo Fraser on the regional list of the electoral region of Mid Scotland and Fife . Since the constituency of Perth was dissolved in the course of constituency reform in 2011, Smith ran for the 2011 general election for the constituency of Perthshire South and Kinross-shire , in which parts of the former constituency of Perth had been absorbed. However, she was again defeated by Roseanna Cunningham, but once again secured her seat in parliament via the regional list.

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  2. ↑ Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  4. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  5. ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  6. ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1960