- David Torrance (politician)
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Member of the Scottish Parliament
for KirkcaldyIncumbent Assumed office
5 May 2011Preceded by Marilyn Livingstone Majority 182 (0.7%) Personal details Born 13 March 1961
Kirkcaldy, Fife, ScotlandPolitical party Scottish National Party David Torrance (born 13 March 1961[1] in Kirkcaldy) is Scottish National Party[2] member of the Scottish Parliament for the Kirkcaldy constituency, elected at the 2011 election
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Background
Born in Kirkcaldy, he was educated at Balwearie High School, and Adam Smith College, where he gained an HND Mechanical Engineering. He is a member of the Scout Association as a Leader since 1979 and is also the Assistant District Commissioner for Kirkcaldy District Scouts.
Career
He joined the Scottish National Party in 1981 and has been a Fife local councillor since 1995. He has worked for British Gas, Alcan Chemicals, Rexroth Bosch before going into politics full time in 2007, working for Christopher Harvie MSP.
Electoral History
Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Kirkcaldy Party Candidate Votes % ±% SNP David Torrance 12,579 45.2 +11.9 Labour Marilyn Livingstone 12,397 44.6 -0.5 Conservative Ian McFarlane 2,007 7.2 -1.3 Liberal Democrats John Mainland 820 2.9 -10.1 Majority 182 0.7 Turnout 27,803 46.0 SNP gain from Labour Swing +6.2 References
- ^ "David Torrance MSP". Scottish Parliament. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/MSP/MembersPages/david_torrance/index.htm. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ "David Torrance". SNP. http://www2.snp.org/david_torrance. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
Scottish Parliament Preceded by
Marilyn LivingstoneMember of the Scottish Parliament for Kirkcaldy
2011–presentIncumbent Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Mid Scotland and Fife region
Elected in the 2011 election Constituency MSPs Keith Brown (SNP, Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) · Helen Eadie (Lab, Cowdenbeath) · Bill Walker (SNP, Dunfermline) · Tricia Marwick (PO, Fife Mid and Glenrothes) · Roderick Campbell (SNP, Fife North East) · David Torrance (SNP, Kirkcaldy) · John Swinney (SNP, Perthshire North) · Roseanna Cunningham (SNP, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) · Bruce Crawford (SNP, Stirling)Additional Members Claire Baker (Lab) · Murdo Fraser (Con) · Annabelle Ewing (SNP) · John Park (Lab) · Willie Rennie (Lib Dem) · Richard Simpson (Lab) · Elizabeth Smith (Con)SNP (8 seats), Labour (4 seats), Conservative (2 seats), Lib Dems (1 seat); Presiding Officer (1 seat) Categories:- Living people
- Members of the Scottish Parliament 2011–
- Scottish National Party MSPs
- 1961 births
- Scottish politician stubs
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