Alison Harris
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
5 May 2016 – 5 May 2021
Alison Ada Harris (born 23 July 1965) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician, who served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Central Scotland from 2016 to 2021.
Political career
Westminster elections
Harris stood unsuccessfully in the 2015 United Kingdom general election for the Westminster constituency of Falkirk. She came third out of the five candidates with 7,325 votes increasing the vote share to 12.13%[1]
Scottish Parliament
For the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Harris was selected to contest the Falkirk West constituency and was placed third on the Conservatives' Central region list, behind Margaret Mitchell MSP and Graham Simpson MSP. Margaret Mitchell was re-elected and both Simpson and Harris were elected to the Scottish Parliament for the first time on the Central region list.[2]
Harris was the Scottish Conservative spokesperson for taxation and financial sustainability.[3] She was deputy convener of the Public Audit Committee.[4]
References
- ^ "Election results – Westminster Parliamentary election results". www.falkirk.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "List rankings announced for four Scottish regions – Scottish Conservatives". Scottish Conservatives. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Scottish Conservative appointments for new parliamentary term". Scottish Conservative Party. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Alison Harris MSP". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
External links
- Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: Alison Harris
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Scottish Conservatives in the
Scottish Parliament
- 1999
- Bill Aitken
- David Davidson
- James Douglas-Hamilton
- Alex Fergusson
- Phil Gallie
- Annabel Goldie
- Keith Harding
- Alex Johnstone
- Jamie McGrigor, 6th Baronet
- Lyndsay McIntosh
- David McLetchie
- Brian Monteith
- David Mundell
- Mary Scanlon
- Murray Tosh
- Ben Wallace
- John Young
- Nick Johnston
- 2000
- John Scott
- 2003
- Ted Brocklebank
- Nanette Milne
- Margaret Mitchell
- 2005
- Derek Brownlee
- 2006
- Dave Petrie
- 2007
- Gavin Brown
- John Lamont
- 2011
- Ruth Davidson
- 2013
- Cameron Buchanan
- 2016
- Bill Bowman
- Donald Cameron
- Peter Chapman
- Maurice Corry
- Alison Harris
- Gordon Lindhurst
- Dean Lockhart
- Ross Thomson
- Adam Tomkins
- 2017
- Michelle Ballantyne
- Tom Mason
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