Elspeth Attwooll
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Elspeth Attwooll MEP | |
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Assumed office 10 June 1999 |
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Born | 1 February 1943 Chislehurst,Kent |
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Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal Democrat |
Website | Elspeth Attwoll MEP |
Elspeth Attwooll (born 1 February 1943, Chislehurst, Kent) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. She is a Member of the European Parliament for Scotland.
She has stood as a parliamentary candidate for Glasgow Maryhill in every general election from October 1974 to 1997. She was part of the Liberal Democrat delegation to the Scottish Constitutional Convention. She was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999, the first Liberal Democrat ever to be elected to the European Parliament from Scotland, and retained her seat in 2004.
Previously, Elspeth Attwooll taught jurisprudence and legal theory at the University of Glasgow.
[edit] External links
- Elspeth Attwooll MEP official site
- Elspeth Attwooll profile at the European Parliament
- Elspeth Attwooll profile at the site of the Liberal Democrats
Categories: Scottish politician stubs | British MEP stubs | 1943 births | Living people | People from Chislehurst | Liberal Democrat politicians (UK) | Members of the European Parliament from Scotland | Members of the European Parliament from the United Kingdom | Academics of the University of Glasgow