"Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies. Alex Fergusson represented the constituency from the 2003 election until its abolition in 2011, having previously been an MSP for the South of Scotland regional list from 1999 to 2003. Originally elected as a Conservative, he was the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2007–2011, a post which required him to relinquish party allegiance. Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (Scottish Parliament constituency) Galloway and Upper Nithsdale was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)"
"Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament The Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament (, ) is the President of the Scottish Parliament. He or she is a Member of the Scottish Parliament elected by the Scottish Parliament by means of an exhaustive ballot, and is ""ex officio"" the head of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. He or she is considered a figurehead of the Scottish Parliament and holds an office in Queensberry House. The office of the Presiding Officer was established by an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Scotland Act 1998. The current Presiding Officer is"
"Aberdeen in May 2002. After each election to the Scottish Parliament, at the beginning of each parliamentary session, Parliament elects one MSP to serve as Presiding Officer, the equivalent of the speaker in other legislatures, and two MSPs to serve as deputies. The Presiding Officer (currently Ken Macintosh) and deputies (currently Linda Fabiani and Christine Grahame) are elected by a secret ballot of the 129 MSPs, which is the only secret ballot conducted in the Scottish Parliament. Principally, the role of the Presiding Officer is to chair chamber proceedings and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. When chairing meetings of the"
"was succeeded by Finlay Carson at the 2016 election. Fergusson was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to politics, the Scottish parliamentary process and public life in Scotland. As Presiding Officer, he chaired the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, which has similar functions to that of the House of Commons Commission, and the Parliamentary Bureau, which sets the daily business in the chamber and timetable for progress of bills, subject to approval by the Parliament. During the draw for the 2007–08 CIS Cup semi-finals, Fergusson mixed up the numbers and miscalled the teams, a mistake that was rectified later"
"Officer has worn the robe. The Scottish National Party proposes that in the event of independence, the Presiding Officer's post be replaced with that of Chancellor of Scotland. In addition to presiding over the Scottish Parliament, the Chancellor would possess additional constitutional powers during the absence of the Monarch from Scotland; chiefly, the Chancellor should act in a role similar to a Governor-General in the other Commonwealth realms. Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament The Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament (, ) is the President of the Scottish Parliament. He or she is a Member of the Scottish Parliament"
"of Scotland head Sir Fred Goodwin. On 19 May 2011, the rule of privilege was invoked again, in the House of Lords, Lord Stoneham stated: On 23 May 2011, shortly following a ruling by the High Court to retain the injunction, John Hemming once again utilised parliamentary privilege to name the footballer who sought the injunction in a parliamentary question. The BBC initially declined to report the question or name given by Hemming, but later updated its website with the news that the player was Ryan Giggs. ""Sky News"" immediately named the player as Ryan Giggs after Hemming's speech. Hemming"
"Presiding Officer. At the 2003 Scottish Parliament Election Reid succeeded in winning the Ochil constituency first past the post. He was then elected by his fellow MSPs to succeed David Steel as Presiding Officer. As the Presiding Officer is expected to be strictly nonpartisan, he voluntarily suspended his SNP membership for the duration of his tenure. As the Presiding Officer has a role in advising The Queen, Reid was appointed a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 2004. At the official opening of the controversial new Scottish Parliament building that year, he made a keynote speech"
"saw Souness placed the ninth most popular player in the club's history. Souness has been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame (in 2007), the Scottish Football Hall of Fame (in 2004) and the Rangers F.C. Hall of Fame. A summary of Souness's personal achievements are as follows in chronological order: ^ Includes appearances in Intercontinental Cup Graeme Souness Graeme James Souness (; born 6 May 1953) is a retired Scottish professional football player and manager, who played as a midfielder. Souness is now one of the most prominent television football pundits in the UK and Ireland, most notably"
"Ken Macintosh, who was elected on 12 May 2016, following the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. The Presiding Officer presides over the Parliament's debates, determining which members may speak, and maintains order during debate. The Presiding Officer is expected to be strictly non-partisan, with some similarities in this respect to the tradition of the Speaker of the British House of Commons. For this reason, he or she renounces all affiliation with his or her former political party for the duration of his or her term. He or she does not take part in debate, or vote except to break ties. Even"
"the Parliament as well as the budget of the parliament. It also considers the use of parliamentary facilities and is responsible for the staffing and security of the Parliament. The current members of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body are: Tricia Marwick MSP was elected as the Presiding Officer of the fourth session of the Scottish Parliament on 10 May 2011, at which date she also became chair of the SPCB. Members of the Scottish Parliament then elected the remaining corporate body members on 25 May 2011. Liz Smith replaced Mary Scanlon on 19 March 2014. The Scottish Parliament is responsible"
"of the Scottish Professional Football League until 2020. Neil Doncaster Neil Doncaster (born 1970) is an association football executive. He was appointed as chief executive of the Scottish Professional Football League in July 2013, having previously held the same position at the Scottish Premier League from 2009 to 2013 and at Norwich City F.C. from 2001 to 2009. Born in Devon, Doncaster graduated from Bristol University in 1992, qualified as a solicitor and worked for four years for Burges Salmon, solicitors. In 2008, he obtained an MBA from the University of East Anglia. While at Norwich City, he was a"
"Ken Macintosh Kenneth Donald ""Ken"" Macintosh (born 15 January 1962) is the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and an MSP for the West Scotland region. He was first elected in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election as a Scottish Labour Co-operative Party candidate, and retained his seat of Eastwood in the 2003, 2007 and the 2011 elections, but lost it in the 2016 election. In that election, he was returned on the regional list. He was previously employed as a television producer for the BBC, working on its news broadcasts and election coverage between 1987 and 1999. Born in Inverness,"
"Tricia Marwick Patricia ""Tricia"" Marwick (née Lee; born 5 November 1953) is a Scottish politician, known for being the 4th Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, and the first woman to hold the post. She served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) in the first four sessions of the Parliament (1999−2016). She was initially elected from the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list 1999−2007, then as the constituency MSP for Central Fife 2007−11, which was renamed Mid Fife and Glenrothes 2011−16. She was elected to Parliament as a member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), but she suspended"
"Jack McConnell Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, (born 30 June 1960) is a Scottish politician and a Labour life peer in the House of Lords. He was the First Minister of Scotland from 2001 to 2007. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Motherwell and Wishaw from 1999 to 2011. McConnell became an MSP in the inaugural elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, later holding the positions of Finance Minister, and Education Minister. He was elected First Minister following the resignation of his predecessor Henry McLeish, and led the Scottish Labour Party to its second"
"of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current Scottish National Party leader, Nicola Sturgeon, has served as First Minister of Scotland since November 2014. Founded in 1934 with the amalgamation of the National Party of Scotland and the Scottish Party, the party has had continuous parliamentary representation in Westminster since Winnie Ewing won the 1967 Hamilton by-election. With the establishment of the devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999, the SNP became the second-largest party, serving two terms as the opposition. The SNP gained power at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, forming a minority government, before going on to win the"
"submit a question. The Presiding Officer selects questions from all of those lodged by Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). In 2000, during the 1st Scottish Parliament, the procedures committee recommended that a specific First Minister’s Question Time be set up, to last for up to twenty minutes out of the hour set aside for the questioning of Ministers. There were lively encounters between the First Minister Donald Dewar and the then Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond. The Parliament's first Presiding Officer Sir David Steel had reservations about the format, describing it as ""something of a caricature of"
"become Acts of the Scottish Parliament once they receive royal assent. The Act specifically declares the continued power of the UK Parliament to legislate in respect of Scotland; thereby upholding the concept of Westminster's absolute Parliamentary sovereignty. The Act also provides for the creation of a 'Scottish Executive' though one of the early actions of the SNP administration that won power in the 2007 elections was to rebrand the Scottish Executive, as the group of Ministers and their civil servants had been known, as the Scottish Government. Despite the re-branding, the 'Scottish Executive' still uses the original description for a"
"Graeme Souness Graeme James Souness (; born 6 May 1953) is a retired Scottish professional football player and manager, who played as a midfielder. Souness is now one of the most prominent television football pundits in the UK and Ireland, most notably through his work for Sky Sports. Souness was the captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s, player-manager of Rangers in the late 1980s and captain of the Scotland national team. He also played for Tottenham Hotspur, Middlesbrough and Sampdoria. Souness' managerial career began when he joined Rangers, leading them to three Scottish titles and four"
"and was replaced by Shirley-Anne Somerville in the Scottish Parliament on 31 August 2007. Stefan Tymkewycz Stefan Tymkewycz (born Abbeyhill, 18 September 1959) is a Scottish National Party politician, and a former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothians region. He was elected during the 2007 election for the Lothians region. Tymkewycz is also a councillor for Craigentinny/Duddingston ward on the City of Edinburgh Council, and agreed not to take his allowance for that job while he was an MSP. Formerly a police officer, he now runs his own property business in Edinburgh. In August 2007 he announced that he"
"sets the work agenda in the chamber, is another of the roles of the Presiding Officer. Under the Standing Orders of the Parliament the Bureau consists of the Presiding Officer and one representative from each political party with five or more seats in the Parliament. Amongst the duties of the Bureau are to agree the timetable of business in the chamber, establish the number, remit and membership of parliamentary committees and regulate the passage of legislation (bills) through the Parliament. The Presiding Officer also represents the Scottish Parliament at home and abroad in an official capacity. The Presiding Officer controls"
"he brought about the establishment of a National Premier Division and National Division One and was also re-elected. He was elected in 2007 to succeed John Mackenzie. His third term of presidency was marked by varying levels of controversy. He stepped down in 2011 to be replaced by Archie Robertson. Cameron is married to Liz Cameron, former Lord Provost of Glasgow. Duncan Cameron (shinty player) Duncan Cameron is an administrator and ex-player in the sport of shinty. He is a three times past president of the sport's governing body, the Camanachd Association. Cameron was a player for Ballachulish before moving"
"and junior ministers of the Scottish Government as well as the Scottish law officers, are appointed by the First Minister. As head of the Scottish Government, the First Minister is directly accountable to the Scottish Parliament for their actions and the actions of the wider government. Nicola Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party is the current First Minister of Scotland. Following a referendum in 1997, in which the Scottish electorate gave their consent, a Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government were reconvened by the Labour government of Tony Blair, having been suspended following the Acts of Union in 1707. The process"
"business career. Outside politics Robertson is a music fan, and is particularly fond of Metallica and Belle and Sebastian. He is a supporter of the Heart of Midlothian F.C football team. In August 2016, he was awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Austrian Republic. Angus Robertson Angus Struan Carolus Robertson (born 28 September 1969) is a former Scottish politician who was the Depute ""[sic]"" Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and was the party's spokesperson on the Constitution in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He was first elected to the"
"board in November 2016, replacing Allan Burns who resigned from the post in August 2016. Her appointment as chair will run from 1 January 2017 until 31 December 2020. Tricia Marwick Patricia ""Tricia"" Marwick (née Lee; born 5 November 1953) is a Scottish politician, known for being the 4th Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, and the first woman to hold the post. She served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) in the first four sessions of the Parliament (1999−2016). She was initially elected from the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list 1999−2007, then as the constituency MSP"
"2007 election to the Scottish Parliament, emerging as the largest party with 47 seats. It narrowly defeated the incumbent Scottish Labour Party, which had 46 seats. The Conservatives won 17 seats, the Lib Dems 16 seats, the Greens 2 seats, and the Independent candidate Margo MacDonald was re-elected. On 16 May 2007, Alex Salmond was elected First Minister by the Parliament and sworn in the next day at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. The SNP went on to win the Glasgow East by-election, 2008 and the largest share of the Scottish popular vote in the European Parliament election, 2009."
"part-time commercial consultancy basis. In October 2015 he was appointed by the PGA in a new role. David Longmuir David Longmuir was the head of the Scottish Football League (SFL) from 2007 until it was dissolved at the end of the 2012/13 season. He currently represents The Professional Golfers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland (PGA) in a sponsorship and commercial development role. He was one of two candidates for the post of Chief Executive of the newly formed Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the result of the SFL's merger with the Scottish Premier League (SPL), but the position was"
"golf, horse racing, football, and reading. He succeeded Robin Cook as a racing tipster for Glasgow's ""Herald"" newspaper. He supports the Scotland national football team and Heart of Midlothian FC, and sometimes attends matches. He takes an interest in Scottish cultural life, as well as watching ""Star Trek"" and listening to country and western music. He has also been a Visiting Professor of Economics at Strathclyde University. Alex Salmond Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (; born 31 December 1954) is a Scottish politician who served as the First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. He was the leader of the"
"Professional Footballers' Association Scotland The Professional Footballers' Association Scotland (PFA Scotland) is the association for professional footballers in Scotland. It had been known as the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association (SPFA), but that organisation was dissolved and replaced by PFA Scotland in 2007. PFA Scotland is affiliated to the (English) Professional Footballers' Association. The SPFA used to be affiliated to the GMB union. Fraser Wishart (chief executive) and Tony Higgins (chairman) are two of the principal officers of the organisation. Each year it presents the Players' Player of the Year, the Young Player of the Year, and the Manager of the"
"the first past the post system. A devolved government called the Scottish Executive (renamed Scottish Government in 2007) was established along with the Scottish Parliament in 1999, with the First Minister of Scotland at its head. The secretariat of the Executive is part of the UK Civil Service and the head of the Executive, the Permanent Secretary (presently Leslie Evans), is the equivalent of the Permanent Secretary of a Whitehall department. Until the 2005 general election, Scotland elected 72 MPs from 72 single-member constituencies to serve in the House of Commons. As this over-represented Scotland in comparison to the other"
"by 110 points to 75. In January 2007, ""The Scotsman"" reported that Harper was being considered for the next Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament. Harper stated that he did not know of this story, but said ""it would be an honour even to be considered"". Following the 2007 elections to the Scottish Parliament, Harper was returned as a list MSP for the Lothians, this time one of only two Green Party members elected. After an agreement with the Scottish National Party, the party with the largest mandate from the election, the Green MSPs including Harper voted for Alex Salmond"
"the constituency with a reduced majority, despite seeing his vote increase by 3,564 between 2007 and 2016. Scott declared his support for Ruth Davidson in the Scottish Conservative leader election. On 11 May 2011, he was elected by MSPs to serve as one of the two Deputy Presiding Officers of the Scottish Parliament. He served until 2016 when he was unsuccessful in his attempt to become Presiding Officer. Scott is the Scottish Conservative spokesperson for sustainable development, having previously served as spokesperson for the environment from 2001 until 2003 and as spokesperson on rural affairs from 2007 until 2011. He"
"3 September 2004, with Salmond and Sturgeon elected as Leader and Depute Leader respectively. As Salmond was still an MP in the House of Commons, Sturgeon led the SNP at the Scottish Parliament until the 2007 election, when Salmond was elected as an MSP. As leader of the SNP in the Scottish Parliament, Sturgeon became a high-profile figure in Scottish politics and often clashed with First Minister Jack McConnell at First Minister's Questions. This included rows over the House of Commons' decision to replace the Trident nuclear weapon system, and the SNP's plans to replace council tax in Scotland with"
"of Ettrick Forest in the Scottish Borders on 6 June 1997. He campaigned for Scottish devolution, and in 1999 was elected to the Scottish Parliament as a Liberal Democrat MSP for Lothians. He became the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the Scottish Parliament on 12 May 1999. In this role, he used the style ""Sir David Steel"", despite his peerage. He suspended his Lib Dem membership for the duration of his tenure as Presiding Officer; that post, like the Speaker of the UK House of Commons, is strictly nonpartisan. He stepped down as an MSP when the parliament was dissolved"