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Jackson Carlaw (born April 12, 1959) is a member of the Conservative Party and an MSP. He was recently the defeated candidate for Eastwood in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election. He was however successfully elected by the second party list vote, and is now an MSP representing West of Scotland region.
Carlaw was brought up in Newton Mearns and lived in Crookfur and Giffnock. He is married and has two sons. He worked for 25 years as a car salesman. He joined the East Renfrewshire Conservatives in 1978, fought his first Westminster by-election in 1982 and the 1983 election. He was Chairman of the Scottish Young Conservatives from 1984 to 1986, Chairman of Eastwood Conservatives from 1988 to 1992, and was Deputy Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives from 1992 to 1998.
He contested the Eastwood constituency at both the 2003 and 2007 Scottish Parliament elections. He was reappointed Deputy Charman of the Scottish Conservatives in 2005. [1]
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Members of the Scottish Parliament in the West of Scotland region  |
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Elected in the 2007 election
Labour (8 seats), SNP (5 seats), Conservative (2 seats), Lib Dems (1 seats)
Constituency MSPs
Des McNulty (Lab, Clydebank and Milngavie) • Kenny Gibson (SNP, Cunninghame North) • Jackie Baillie (Lab, Dumbarton) • Kenneth Macintosh (Lab, Eastwood) • Duncan McNeil (Lab, Greenock and Inverclyde) • Wendy Alexander (Lab, Paisley North) • Hugh Henry (Lab, Paisley South) • David Whitton (Lab, Strathkelvin and Bearsden) • Trish Godman (Lab, West Renfrewshire)
Additional Members
Jackson Carlaw (Con) • Ross Finnie (Lib Dem) • Annabel Goldie (Con) • Stuart McMillan (SNP) • Stewart Maxwell (SNP) • Gil Paterson (SNP) • Bill Wilson (SNP)
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