Colin Beattie

Colin Beattie MSP


Member of the Scottish Parliament for Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2011
Preceded by	Constituency created
Majority	2,996 (10.0%)
Personal details
Born	(1951-10-17) 17 October 1951 Forfar, Angus, Scotland
Nationality	British
Political party	Scottish National Party
Spouse(s)	Liza
Residence	Scotland
Occupation	SNP National Treasurer

Colin Beattie (born 17 October 1951)^[1] is the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Midlothian North and Musselburgh constituency since 2011.

Political career

He won the newly created seat in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election with a majority of just under 3000 votes.^[1] Beattie previously worked as a banker and was SNP group leader on Midlothian Council.^[1] Colin Beattie is also the current serving SNP National Treasurer.

Beattie was formally censured in 2013 by the Standards Commission for Scotland for breaching the Councillors’ code of Conduct for failing to register interest in property whilst a councillor.^[2]^[3]

References

1 2 3 Reynolds, Rory (6 May 2011). "Beattie claims new seat with 'historic' win over Labour". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
↑ Standards Commission Scotland NEWS RELEASE - 18 June 2013 - MIDLOTHIAN HEARING - Councillor Lisa Beattie of MIDLOTHIAN COUNCIL and Mr Colin Beattie MSP (a Former Councillor in MIDLOTHIAN)
↑ Scotsman

External links

BBC News Result
biography at Scottish Parliament website

Party political offices
Preceded by Jim Mather	Treasurer of the Scottish National Party 2004–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Scottish National Party MSPs

First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon

Cabinet Secretaries	John Swinney Derek Mackay Shona Robison Roseanna Cunningham Fiona Hyslop Angela Constance Michael Matheson Keith Brown Fergus Ewing

Ministers	Mark McDonald Shirley-Anne Somerville Joe FitzPatrick Humza Yousaf Paul Wheelhouse Jamie Hepburn Aileen Campbell Maureen Watt Annabelle Ewing Kevin Stewart Jeane Freeman Alasdair Allan

Backbench	George Adam Clare Adamson Tom Arthur Colin Beattie Willie Coffey Bruce Crawford Ash Denham Graeme Dey Bob Doris James Dornan Mairi Evans Linda Fabiani Kate Forbes Kenneth Gibson Jenny Gilruth Christine Grahame Emma Harper Clare Haughey Bill Kidd Richard Lochhead Richard Lyle Angus MacDonald Gordon MacDonald Fulton MacGregor Rona Mackay Ben Macpherson Ruth Maguire Gillian Martin John Mason Joan McAlpine Ivan McKee Christina McKelvie Stuart McMillan Alex Neil Gil Paterson Gail Ross Michael Russell Stewart Stevenson Maree Todd David Torrance Sandra White

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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