Graham Simpson (Scottish politician)

Cllr Graham Simpson MSP


Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2016
Councillor of South Lanarkshire Council for East Kilbride West (Ward 9)
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 May 2007
Personal details
Born	Aberdeen
Nationality	British
Political party	Scottish Conservative Party
Occupation	Journalist

Graham Simpson is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Central Scotland since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

He has been a Councillor in South Lanarkshire Council since 2007.

Political career

Simpson was elected to the council in the South Lanarkshire Council election, 2007. He was elected after the seventh count getting 860 first preference votes.

He contested East Kilbride West again in the South Lanarkshire Council election, 2012. He was elected on the 1st count with 1,197 first preference votes.

For the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Simpson was selected in to contest the East Kilbride Constituency and was placed second on the Conservatives' Central region list,^[1] behind Margaret Mitchell MSP and ahead of Alison Harris MSP. Margaret Mitchell was re-elected and both Simpson and Harris were elected to the Scottish Parliament for the first time on the Central region list.^[2]^[3]

Simpson is the Conservative spokesperson for local government.^[4]

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 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 Central Scotland region

Elected in the 2016 election

Constituency MSPs	Alex Neil (SNP, Airdrie and Shotts) Fulton MacGregor (SNP, Coatbridge and Chryston) Jamie Hepburn (SNP, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) Linda Fabiani (SNP, East Kilbride) Angus MacDonald (SNP, Falkirk East) Michael Matheson (SNP, Falkirk West) Christina McKelvie (SNP, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) Clare Adamson (SNP, Motherwell and Wishaw) Richard Lyle (SNP, Uddingston and Bellshill)

Additional members	Mark Griffin (Lab) Alison Harris (Con) Richard Leonard (Lab) Monica Lennon (Lab) Margaret Mitchell (Con) Graham Simpson (Con) Elaine Smith (Lab)

SNP (9 seats), Labour (4 seats), Conservative (3 seats)

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