Stewart Stevenson

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Stewart Stevenson MSP
Stewart Stevenson
Incumbent
Assumed office 
17th May, 2007
Preceded by Tavish Scott
(as Minister for Transport)
Incumbent
Assumed office 
07 June 2001
Preceded by Alex Salmond
Majority 10,530 (38.6}
Born October 15, 1946 (1946-10-15) (age 61)
Edinburgh
Political party Scottish National Party
Residence Banffshire, Scotland
For the fictional character, see Stewart (Beavis and Butt-head).

Stewart Stevenson (James Alexander Stewart Stevenson, Gaelic: Seamus Alasdair Stuibhart mac Stiofan) (born 1946) is a Scottish politician who became a member of the Scottish Parliament in 2001.

He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1946 and brought up in Cupar, Fife. After studying mathematics at the University of Aberdeen he worked in information technology with Bank of Scotland for 30 years retiring in 1999 as Director of Technology Innovation.

He joined the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 1961. Elected to the Scottish Parliament on 7th June 2001 he followed Alex Salmond, after his resignation, as member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Banff and Buchan.

He made his maiden speech on the EU's Common Fisheries Policy, rising to his feet at 16:11 hrs on 14th June, 26 hours and 36 minutes after being sworn in.

In opposition he was Shadow Deputy Justice Minister with responsibility for Prisons and Drugs policy, Convenor of the SNP Group in the Scottish Parliament and Deputy Convenor of the Parliament's Justice 1 Committee. In addition he ended Session 2 as a substitute member of the Parliament's Health Committee and Deputy Convenor of the Parliament's Cross Party Group on Visual Impairment.

By the end of Parliament's second session on 2nd April 2007 he had made 284 speeches in the Scottish Parliament and was thus the most prolific speaker since the Parliament's being re-convened in 1999.

In the Scottish Parliament election of 3rd May 2007, Stewart Stevenson was returned with a majority of 10,530, the largest in Scotland, over the Scottish Conservative Party candidate. After the SNP's victory at the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Stevenson was appointed Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change [1]. This appointment covers: the land use planning system, climate change, building standards, transport policy and delivery, public transport, road, rail services, canals, harbours, air and ferry services, Scottish Water.

As Minister, Stevenson piloted the SNP's first Bill, Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Bill, to the statute book on 24 January 2008.[1]. He also brought forward the SNP's first Legislative Consent Motion, previously known as Sewel Motions, on the subject of the UK Climate Change Bill. He was also the first SNP Minister to lose a vote in Parliament on the subject of the Edinburgh Trams project.

He continues a family association as convenor of the Forth Crossing Supervisory Board which will oversee the planning and building of the replacement for the Forth Road Bridge which opened in 1964. His great uncle Sir Alexander Stevenson was Chairman of the Forth Road Bridge Campaign Committee in the 1930s.[2]

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  1. ^ "Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Bill"
  2. ^ The Scotsman Archive - 28th February 1935 - Search Free / Pay to Access]

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Scottish Parliament
Preceded by
Alex Salmond		 Member of the Scottish Parliament for Banff and Buchan
2001–present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Tavish Scott
as Minister for Transport and Telecommunications		 Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change
2007–		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


 
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Lewis Macdonald (Lab, Aberdeen Central) • Brian Adam (SNP, Aberdeen North) • Nicol Stephen (Lib Dem, Aberdeen South) • Andrew Welsh (SNP, Angus) • Stewart Stevenson (SNP, Banff and Buchan) • Shona Robison (SNP, Dundee East) • Joe Fitzpatrick (SNP, Dundee West) •Alex Salmond (SNP, Gordon) • Mike Rumbles (Lib Dem, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

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