Alison Johnstone

Alison Johnstone MSP


Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothians (1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2011
Personal details
Born	(1965-10-11) 11 October 1965 ^[1] Edinburgh, Scotland
Political party	Scottish Green Party
Spouse(s)	husband
Children	1 daughter
Website	alisonjohnstonemsp.com

Alison Johnstone (born 11 October 1965) is a Scottish politician, the Green MSP for the Lothian region.^[2] She also served as a councillor for the Meadows/Morningside ward for the City of Edinburgh Council from 2007 until May 2012.

From 1999, Johnstone worked as an assistant to Robin Harper, a position she held until he stood down and she was elected in May 2011 to the Scottish Parliament.

She was also joint convenor of the Scottish Green Party from 2007 to 2008.^[3]

Background

Johnstone is from Edinburgh and has a husband and young daughter.^[4]

She attended St. Augustine's High School, Edinburgh.^[5]

References

↑ Chris Marshall and Carla Gray (7 May 2011). "Scottish Parliament election: Profiles of the candidates elected to serve in Edinburgh". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
↑ Lindsey Johnstone (6 May 2011). "Scotland fails to go Green - Herald Scotland | News | Election 2011". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
↑ "New co-leader for Scottish Greens". BBC News. BBC. 24 September 2007.
↑ Edinburgh Greens. "Alison Johnstone". edinburghgreens.org.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
↑ "Ten Questions: Alison Johnstone". Edinburgh Evening News. edinburghnews.scotsman.com. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

External links

Video

Scottish Greens candidate Alison Johnstone aiming for Lothians seat - STV

Party political offices
Preceded by Shiona Baird	Co-Convenor of the Scottish Green Party with Robin Harper 2007–2008	Succeeded by Eleanor Scott

Scottish Green Party

Leaders

Convenors	Harper (1990–2002) Scott (2002–2004)

Co-Convenors	Baird/Harper (2004–2007) Johnstone/Harper (2007–2008) Scott/Harvie (2008–2011) Wardrop/Harvie (2011–2013) Chapman/Harvie (2013-)

MSP Group

Organisation

Scottish Young Greens

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Lothian region

Elected in the 2016 election

Constituency MSPs	Angela Constance (SNP, Almond Valley) Ruth Davidson (Con, Edinburgh Central) Ash Denham (SNP, Edinburgh Eastern) Ben Macpherson (SNP, Edinburgh Northern and Leith) Gordon MacDonald (SNP, Edinburgh Pentlands) Daniel Johnson (Lab, Edinburgh Southern) Alex Cole-Hamilton (Lib Dem, Edinburgh Western) Fiona Hyslop (SNP, Linlithgow) Colin Beattie (SNP, Midlothian North and Musselburgh)

Additional members	Jeremy Balfour (Con) Miles Briggs (Con) Kezia Dugdale (Lab) Neil Findlay (Lab) Alison Johnstone (Green) Gordon Lindhurst (Con) Andy Wightman (Green)

SNP (6 seats), Conservative (4 seats), Labour (3 seats), Greens (2 seats), Liberal Democrats (1 seat)

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