Ian Blackford

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Ian Blackford (2017)

Ian Blackford (born May 14, 1961 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish politician of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Life

Blackford was born in Edinburgh in 1961. He attended the Royal High School there . Blackford worked in finance. He worked as a division manager at the National Westminster Bank and, following various takeovers, headed the operational business of Deutsche Bank in Scotland and the Netherlands.

Political career

For the first time Blackford appeared in the 1997 general election to elections at the national level. In his constituency of Ayr , however, he received only the third highest percentage of votes. After the death of Labor politician Gordon McMaster in July 1997, by-elections were required in his constituency of Paisley South . The SNP set up Blackford for these. On election day, however, he could not prevail against the Labor candidate Douglas Alexander .

Blackford acted as treasurer of the SNP. After a disagreement and a growing falling out with party leader Alex Salmond , he was removed from office. In the general election in 2015 , Blackford ran in the constituency of Ross, Skye and Lochaber . On election day, he prevailed against his liberal-democratic competitor Charles Kennedy , who had represented the constituency or its predecessor constituencies of Ross, Cromarty and Skye and Ross, Skye and Inverness West since 1983 in the House of Commons . In Parliament he is a member of the Petitions Committee . Despite losing votes, Blackford maintained his mandate in the early general election in 2017 . Since June 2017 he has led the SNP MPs in the British House of Commons.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ian Blackford - Ross, Skye & Lochaber. Scottish National Party, February 18, 2019, accessed September 5, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Results of Byelections to the 52nd United Kingdom Parliament: Candidates' Biographies: Paisley South. In: election.demon.co.uk. March 28, 2002, accessed September 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Bankers dismiss independence fears. In: The Courier. September 13, 2014, archived from the original on January 22, 2015 ; accessed on September 5, 2019 (English).
  4. ↑ Ayr: General Election result, May 1997. In: politicsresources.net. November 17, 2010, archived from the original on August 11, 2011 ; accessed on September 5, 2019 (English).
  5. ^ Rivalry rocks the SNP. In: The Guardian . June 18, 2000, accessed September 5, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b Election 2017: Ross, Skye & Lochaber Parliamentary constituency. In: BBC. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b Rt Hon Ian Blackford MP. House of Commons , July 20, 2015 (English).;
personal data
SURNAME Blackford, Ian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh