Jim Hume

Jim Hume
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for South Scotland
In office
3 May 2007 – 23 March 2016
Personal details
Born (1962-11-04) 4 November 1962
Peebles, Tweeddale, Scottish Borders
Political party Scottish Liberal Democrats
Relations Married
Alma mater Edinburgh University

James Robert Hume (born 4 November 1962) was a Scottish politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland region from May 2007 to March 2016.

Background

Hume was born in Peebles but raised in Selkirkshire. His previous positions include Chairman of "Environment and Land Use" for the National Farmers Union of Scotland and President of Lothians and Borders NFU. He was active during the Foot-and-mouth crisis of 2001. Hume was also on the board of Scottish Enterprise Borders, Chaired The Borders Foundation for Rural Sustainability, a member of the Forestry Commission's South of Scotland Regional Forum, a Trustee of The Borders Forest Trust and a founding Directer of The South of Scotland Loan Fund Scheme.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

He was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent the South of Scotland region at the 2007 election. He was also elected councillor of the Galashiels and District region of Scottish Borders Council on the same night. He is the first ever Liberal Democrat MSP for the South of Scotland region since the Scottish Parliament was created in 1999. Hume was Scottish Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Housing and Health. He sat on the Scottish Parliament's Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee, and was the Committee's EU Reporter. He was also the Scottish Liberal Democrat Deputy Whip and a member of the European Committee of Regions. Hume successfully introduced a Member's Bill in the Scottish Parliament - Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill - which passed the process in December 2015. The Bill was enacted in January 2016 and shall protect 60,000 children every week from the dangers of second hand smoke in cars.


Career timeline

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