Annabelle Ewing

Annabelle Ewing

Annabelle Ewing (born 20 August 1960) is a Scottish politician, and former Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament for Perth. She attended the Craigholme School for Girls in Glasgow and the University of Glasgow, where she graduated with a law degree.

Before becoming an MP, Annabelle was an EC lawyer in Brussels and ran a small legal practice.

She lives in Perthshire, and is a member of what is perhaps Scottish politics' best-known 'clan'. Her mother is former SNP President, Winnie Ewing, who in the past was a member of three different parliaments - Westminster, the Scottish Parliament and the European Parliament. She is sister to MSP (Member of the Scottish Parliament) Fergus Ewing, and sister-in-law to the late Margaret Ewing, who was also an MSP and a former Westminster MP.

Ms Ewing is a member of both Shelter and Amnesty International.

Annabelle has been involved in a number of Parliamentary campaigns, including fighting for the rights of Hepatitis C sufferers, and working to gain a public enquiry into the events at Princess Royal Barracks,Deepcut, where James Collinson, a constituent, died on March 23, 2002.

She was elected to Roseanna Cunningham's old seat in 2001, defeating the Conservative candidate by just 48 votes, giving her the slimmest majority in Scotland. In the 2005 election, following a radical boundary revision, she contested the new constituency of Ochil and South Perthshire, but lost it to the Labour party candidate, Gordon Banks. She stood to succeed her sister-in-law as SNP candidate for Moray in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections but was defeated by North East Scotland MSP Richard Lochhead. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4581640.stm|title= Salmond closer to Holyrood return|publisher=BBC News|date=2006-01-04|accessdate=2006-03-22] She was later selected to contest the Falkirk East seat in the 2007 election on behalf of the SNP as a replacement for the deceased Douglas Henderson. [ [http://www.alba.org.uk/scot07constit/c05.html Falkirk East ] ] On 3 May 2007 a 9% swing from Labour to the SNP in Falkirk East, however this was not enough to displace the incumbent Cathy Peattie.

She is famed due to an incident that occurred on 16 December 2004, whereby the deputy speaker removed her from the house as she refused to apologise for calling the then Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon a "back-stabbing coward".

References

External links

* [http://www.snp.org/elections/candidates/ewing_annabelle Annabelle Ewing] official biography at the site of the SNP
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-7059,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Annabelle Ewing]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/annabelle_ewing/perth TheyWorkForYou.com - Annabelle Ewing]
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Annabelle_Ewing&mpc=Perth The Public Whip - Annabelle Ewing]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/664.stm BBC News - Annabelle Ewing] profile 10 February, 2005
* [http://www.snpfalkirk.org The SNP in Falkirk District]
* [http://www.snpgrangemouth.org SNP Grangemouth Branch]
* [http://www.falkirkeast.org Annabelle Ewing for Falkirk East]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ewing (surname) — Family name name=Ewing imagesize= meaning=noble or well born region=Britain language=English related names=Ewan Ewen and Ewens Ewin and Ewins Ewings Hewin and Hewins Owen Uwins Yewen Youens YouingsEwing, pronounced [IPA| ju.wɪŋ] ( yew ing ), is a …   Wikipedia

  • Fergus Ewing — Infobox MSP honorific prefix = name = Fergus Ewing honorific suffix = imagesize = 150px caption = office =Minister for Community Safety term start = 17 May 2007 term end = firstminister = Alex Salmond predecessor =Johann Lamont (as Deputy… …   Wikipedia

  • Winnie Ewing — Dr Winifred Margaret Winnie Ewing (born 10 July 1929) is a prominent Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, and was formerly a Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP).She… …   Wikipedia

  • Scottish National Party — Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h Alba Scottis Naitional Pairtie Leader Alex Salmond MSP …   Wikipedia

  • Hamilton South by-election, 1999 — On August 4, 1999 NATO announced that the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Hamilton South, in Scotland, the Rt. Hon. George Robertson, had been chosen as its new Secretary General. This meant that Robertson was required to resign his… …   Wikipedia

  • Members of the 4th Scottish Parliament — 1st Parliament (1999) 2nd Parliament (2003) 3rd Parliament (2007) 4th Parliament (2011) This is a list of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) or, in Gaelic, Buill Pàrlamaid na h Alba (BPnA) elected to the third Scottish Parliament …   Wikipedia

  • History of the Scottish National Party — In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre left political party which campaigns for Scottish independence. It currently holds power in Scotland with its leader Alex Salmond as First Minister of Scotland, following the outcome of… …   Wikipedia

  • Annabel — Infobox Given Name Revised name = Annabel imagesize= caption= pronunciation= gender = Female meaning = region = origin = related names = Anabel,Annabella, Annabelle, Amabel, Anna footnotes = Annabel (also spelled Annabelle) is a female given name …   Wikipedia

  • David Torrance (politician) — Member of the Scottish Parliament for Kirkcaldy Incumbent Assumed office 5 May 2011 Preceded by Marilyn Livingstone Majority 182 (0.7%) …   Wikipedia

  • Alex Salmond — The Right Honourable Alex Salmond MSP …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”