Kenny MacAskill
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 66 |
| Date of birth | April 28,1958 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Edinburgh |
| United Kingdom | |
| Party | Alba Party |
| Job | Politician |
| Solicitor | |
| Spokesperson | |
| Books | Glasgow 1919: The Rise of Red Clydeside |
| Jimmy Reid: A Scottish Political Journey | |
| The Lockerbie Bombing: The Search for Justice | |
| Wherever the Saltire Flies | |
| Global Scots: Voices from Afar | |
| Building a Nation: Post Devolution Nationalism in Scotland | |
| Scottish Parliament Official Report | |
| Official site | members.parliament.uk |
| Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 | |
| Education | The University of Edinburgh |
| Leader | Alex Salmond |
| Previous position | Member of the Scottish Parliament (2011–2016) |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 402915 |
Kenny MacAskill Life story
Kenneth Wright MacAskill is a Scottish politician who has been Member of Parliament for East Lothian since 2019. He previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 2007 to 2014 and was a Member of the Scottish Parliament from 1999 to 2016.
Margaret Ferrier suspended from Commons over Covid rule breach
... Of the 40 MPs who voted against the motion and opposed Margaret Ferrier s suspension, 32 were Conservatives, two were DUP, two were Alba - Neale Hanvey and Kenny Macaskill - and one was Reclaim...
Douglas Alexander to stand as Labour candidate for East Lothian
... The seat is currently held by former Scottish justice secretary Kenny Macaskill, who left the SNP to join Alex Salmond s Alba Party...
Scotland election results in 2019: SNP wins election landslide in Scotland
... John Nicolson won the Ochil and South Perthshire seat after defeating Luke Graham by the Conservatives, while the SNP Midlothian Labour also won back to Danielle Rowley, The SNP s Mhairi Black is comfortable holding Paisley and Renfrewshire South seat with a greatly increased majority, while Kenny Macaskill, the former Scottish justice Minister, won the East Lothian seat of the work...
Douglas Alexander to stand as Labour candidate for East Lothian
A former minister in Tony Blair 's government is seeking to make a comeback at Westminster almost a decade after losing his seat.
Douglas Alexander was in both Mr Blair's cabinet and that of his successor Gordon Brown .
But in 2015 he lost his Paisley and Renfrewshire South seat to the SNP's Mhairi Black .
Mr Alexander will stand as Labour's candidate for East Lothian in The Next general election.
The seat is currently held by former Scottish justice secretary Kenny Macaskill , who left the SNP to join Alex Salmond 's Alba Party.
The East Lothian constituency will be one of Scottish Labour's top targets when The Next Westminster election is fought.
Announcing his selection on Twitter, Mr Alexander: " He's running! Humbled and grateful to be overwhelmingly selected today by local party members as Scottish Labour's candidate for East Lothian.
" Change is coming to Our Country and I'm determined to play my part by winning East Lothian back for Scottish Labour. "
His candidacy comes More Than 25 years after he was first elected to The House of Commons, winning the then-safe Labour seat of Paisley South in a by-election in November 1997.
After his role in helping co-ordinate Labour's successful election campaign in 2001 he was made a junior minister in Mr Blair's government, serving in various roles before being made both transport secretary and Scottish secretary in 2006.
Historic defeatWhen Mr Brown became Prime Minister in 2007, he appointed Mr Alexander as his international development secretary.
But at the 2015 general election the former shadow Foreign Secretary , who had a 16,000-vote majority, was defeated by Ms Black.
The then 20-year-old, who was a student at the University of Glasgow, became the youngest MP elected since 1667.
In recent years, Mr Alexander has worked as an advisor to U2 front man Bono, who has campaigned on issues including global poverty and the Aids crisis in Africa.
Last May he accompanied The Singer and his bandmate The Edge on a visit to war-torn Ukraine.
Mr Alexander is also currently a visiting professor at New York University and King's College London .
Source of news: bbc.com
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