Jeremy Purvis

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Jeremy Purvis

Jeremy Purvis, Baron Purvis of Tweed (born January 15, 1974 in Berwick-upon-Tweed ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Liberal Democrats .

Political career

Purvis attended Berwick-upon-Tweed High School and then studied politics and modern history at Brunel University in London . After graduating, Purvis worked for the liberal democratic member of the House of Lords , David Steel . After Ian Jenkins , who in the first Scottish Parliament elections in 1999, the direct mandate of the constituency Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale was able to win for the Liberal Democrats to the following parliamentary elections in 2003 no longer took, Purvis was determined to be his successor. Despite a significant loss of votes compared to the 1999 elections, Purvis secured the direct mandate and entered the Scottish Parliament for the first time . Up until that point in time, he was the youngest politician to win a direct mandate. Purvis was appointed party spokesman for finances and from January 2005 the party spokesman for justice.

In the 2007 parliamentary elections he defended his mandate. He was appointed party spokesman for education, youth and lifelong learning, and in May 2008 party spokesman for economics and finance. In the course of constituency reform in 2011, the constituency of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale was dissolved and largely replaced by the newly created constituency of Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale . Purvis ran for this in the parliamentary elections in 2011 , but could not prevail against Christine Grahame from the SNP and left parliament.

On September 13, 2013 Purvis was raised to a life peer with the title Baron Purvis of Tweed , of East Marsh in the Scottish Borders, and thus a member of the House of Lords .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Information from the Liberal Democrats ( Memento from February 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from August 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  7. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  8. ↑ London Gazette, September 17, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Purvis, Jeremy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Purvis, Jeremy, Baron Purvis of Tweed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH 15th January 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Berwick-upon-Tweed