Ian Welsh
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Ian Welsh is a Scottish politician and former Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament.
He was born and brought up in Prestwick, Ayrshire, and has served as a councillor and as the leader of South Ayrshire Council.
Welsh was elected to the Scottish Parliament in the 1999 election as the Labour candidate for Ayr. This seat was the most marginal of the election, Welsh had a majority of just 25 votes (0.07%) over the Conservative and Unionists.
On the 21 December 1999 Welsh announced his resignation from the parliament, citing family reasons. At 230 days after election he was the first MSP to resign from the job, and as of 2005 remains the shortest-serving.
The subsequent by-election was won by John Scott for the Conservatives, gaining the party their first constituency seat.
[edit] External links
- Parliamentary News Release 66 - Resignation of Ian Welsh MSP
- Aspect 1999: Ian Welsh, Scottish Labour Party candidate, Ayr, 1999
- Shortest Serving Members Of The Scottish Parliament
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