Alexander Stewart (MSP)

Alexander Stewart MSP

Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2016
Personal details
Political party	Scottish Conservative Party

Alexander James Stewart MSP is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region since in the election in May 2016.^[1]

In 2016 he stood for the Scottish Parliament as the Conservative candidate for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane where he came third,^[2] then was elected from the regional list.

In 2015 he stood in the UK general election as the Conservative candidate for Perth and North Perthshire, coming second to the Scottish National Party (SNP)'s Pete Wishart, who was returned with a near 10,000 majority.^[3]

He is also councillor for Perth City South, and has been an elected member for 13 years.^[4]

References

Scottish Conservative Party MSPs

Elected in the 2016 election; See also: Members of the 5th Scottish Parliament

Leadership	Ruth Davidson (Leader) Jackson Carlaw (Deputy Leader and culture, tourism and external affairs) John Lamont (Chief Whip)

Frontbench members	Murdo Fraser (Finance) Dean Lockhart (Economy, jobs and fair work) Donald Cameron (Health and sport) Elizabeth Smith (Education and skills) Adam Tomkins (Communities, social security, the constitution and equalities Douglas Ross (Justice) Peter Chapman (Rural economy and connectivity) Maurice Golden (Environment, climate change and land reform)

Backbenchers	Jeremy Balfour Miles Briggs Alexander Burnett Finlay Carson Maurice Corry Jamie Greene Rachael Hamilton Alison Harris Alex Johnstone Liam Kerr Gordon Lindhurst Margaret Mitchell Edward Mountain Oliver Mundell John Scott Graham Simpson Alexander Stewart Ross Thomson Annie Wells Brian Whittle

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Mid Scotland and Fife region

Elected in the 2016 election

Constituency MSPs	Keith Brown (SNP, Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) Annabelle Ewing (SNP, Cowdenbeath) Shirley-Anne Somerville (SNP, Dunfermline) Jenny Gilruth (SNP, Fife Mid and Glenrothes) Willie Rennie (Lib Dem, North East Fife) 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) Dean Lockhart (Con) Alex Rowley (Lab) Mark Ruskell (Greens) Elizabeth Smith (Con) Alexander Stewart (Con)

SNP (8 seats), Conservative (4 seats), Labour (2 seats), Liberal Democrats (1 seat); Greens (1 seat)

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