Jamie Hepburn

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Jamie Hepburn MSP

Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland
Incumbent
Assumed office 03 May 2007

Born	May 21, 1979 (1979-05-21) (age 29)
Political party	Scottish National Party

Jamie Hepburn (born 21 May 1979, Glasgow) is a Scottish politician. He is a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland region. He is the second youngest elected member of the Scottish Parliament for the 2007-2011 session after his SNP colleague Aileen Campbell.

He was elected during the 2007 election for the Central Scotland region, having also contested the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth seat at that election, finishing second behind Cathie Craigie.

Educated at Hyndland Secondary School and the University of Glasgow, Hepburn graduated with a Politics and History degree. Whilst a student, Hepburn ran the unsuccessful campaign for Alasdair Gray to become the Rector of the University of Glasgow and was the Senior Vice-President at the Glasgow University Students' Representative Council, a post once held by his SNP Parliamentary colleague Alasdair Allan. Before his election he was convener of both the Federation of Student Nationalists and the Young Scots for Independence, as well as SNP candidate for the Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency at the 2005 general election. He also previously worked for Alex Neil, a fellow SNP MSP.

Hepburn is a member of the Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs and Environment Committee and a substitute member of the Equal Opportunities Committee. He is also the convener of the Cross Party Group on Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the Scottish Parliament.

It was Hepburn's written question which revealed that projects in Scotland funded by the Private Finance Initiative will cost the taxpayer some £22.3 billion over a 40 year period.^[1]

He was one of six SNP MSPs to attend the "Big Blockade" event at the Faslane naval base organised by Faslane 365 on 1 October 2007^[2] and has been active in calling for greater transparency about allegations that American government agencies facilitated extraordinary rendition flights through Scottish airports. ^[3] ^[4]