David Thompson (Scottish politician)

Dave Thompson MSP
Convener of the Scottish Parliament Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 June 2011
Preceded by	Gil Paterson
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Incumbent
Assumed office 2011
Preceded by	John Farquhar Munro (as member for Ross, Skye and Inverness West
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands
In office 3 May 2007 – 2011
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Born	20 September 1949 (1949-09-20) (age 62) Lossiemouth
Political party	Scottish National Party

Dave Thompson is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Highlands and Islands at the 2007 election. He was elected for the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency in the 2011 election.

Thompson received some media attention in the aftermath of the 2007 election because he pointed out to the returning officer that the number of additional members for each party had been wrongly calculated.^[1] The initial calculation would have given Labour four additional seats and the SNP none, which would have resulted in Labour gaining a plurality and winning the election. After Thompson challenged this calculation and the figures were correctly calculated, Labour were allocated three seats and the SNP two. This resulted in the SNP gaining a plurality of one seat and enabled them to form the Scottish Government.

He is currently learning Scottish Gaelic.

References

1. ^ Grandfather was SNP election hero BBC News, 5 May 2007

• The Scottish Parliament - Dave Thompson MSP

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Name	Thompson, David
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Date of birth	20 September 1949
Place of birth	Lossiemouth
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