Lewis Macdonald

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Dr Lewis Macdonald MA, PhD, MSP

Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2011
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen Central
In office 6 May 1999 – 6 May 2011
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Succeeded by	Kevin Stewart
Majority	382 (1.8%)
Personal details
Born	(1957-01-01) 1 January 1957 Stornoway, Outer Hebrides
Political party	Scottish Labour Party
Spouse(s)	Sandra Macdonald
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen

Roderick Lewis Macdonald MA, PhD, MSP (born 1 January 1957) is a Scottish Labour politician and regional list Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland since 2011. He was MSP for the Aberdeen Central constituency from 1999 until 2011.

Background

Born in Stornoway, Macdonald moved with his family to Aberdeenshire as a child, and attended Inverurie Academy and later the University of Aberdeen. Macdonald received an MA in history and a PhD in African studies and later lectured at the university. He is a member of the trade union AMICUS. Dr Macdonald is married to Sandra who is an employee at Conoco Phillips. Macdonald also has 2 children, 1 of whom is at university and the other attends secondary school.

Career

Prior to his election as MSP he worked as a parliamentary researcher for the MPs Frank Doran and Tom Clarke. Macdonald was a deputy minister in the Scottish Executive between March 2001 and May 2007, holding various portfolios. He is also a trustee for the Aberdeen Football Club Supporters' Trust. He was the Labour shadow spokesman for energy, enterprise and tourism and was appointed Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice in December 2011.

References

External links

Lewis Macdonald MSP personal site
Lewis Macdonald MSP official biography at the Scottish Parliament website
Lewis Macdonald profile at the site of Scottish Labour

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Constituency Created	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen Central 1999–2011	Succeeded by Kevin Stewart
Preceded by Rhona Brankin	Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care 2005–2007	Succeeded by Shona Robison as Minister for Public Health
Preceded by Allan Wilson	Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development 2004–2005	Succeeded by Rhona Brankin
Preceded by Office Created	Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning 2003–2004	Succeeded by Allan Wilson
Preceded by Office Created	Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning 2001–2003	Succeeded by Alasdair Morrison
Preceded by Office Created	Deputy Minister for Transport and Planning 2000–2001	Succeeded by Office Abolished

v t e Scottish Labour Party deputy leadership election, 2011

Outgoing Deputy Leader: Johann Lamont

Winner	Anas Sarwar MP

Other nominees	Ian Davidson MP Lewis Macdonald MSP

Not nominated	Elaine Murray MSP

v t e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the North East Scotland region

Elected in the 2011 election

Constituency MSPs	Kevin Stewart (SNP, Aberdeen Central) Mark McDonald (SNP, Aberdeen Donside) Maureen Watt (SNP, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) Alex Salmond (SNP, Aberdeenshire East) Dennis Robertson (SNP, Aberdeenshire West) Nigel Don (SNP, Angus North and Mearns) Graeme Dey (SNP, Angus South) Stewart Stevenson (SNP, Banffshire and Buchan Coast) Shona Robison (SNP, Dundee East) Joe FitzPatrick (SNP, Dundee West)

Additional members	Christian Allard (SNP) Richard Baker (Lab) Alex Johnstone (Con) Alison McInnes (Lib Dem) Lewis MacDonald (Lab) Jenny Marra (Lab) Nanette Milne (Con)

SNP (11 seats), Labour (3 seats), Con (2 seats), Lib Dems (1 seat)

Scottish Labour Party

Headquarters: Transport House, 290 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4RE

Leaders

Donald Dewar (1999–2000)
Henry McLeish (2000–2001)
Jack McConnell (2001–2007)
Wendy Alexander (2007–2008)
Iain Gray (2008–2011)
Johann Lamont (2011–)

Deputy Leaders

Henry McLeish (1999–2000)
Cathy Jamieson (2000–2008)
Johann Lamont (2008–2011)
Anas Sarwar (2011–)

General Secretaries

Jack McConnell (1992–1998)
Alex Rowley (1998–1999)
Lesley Quinn (1999–2008)
Colin Smyth (2008–2013)
Ian Price (2013–)

MSP Group

Shadow cabinet	Johann Lamont (leader) Iain Gray (finance) Graeme Pearson (justice) Neil Findlay (health) Kezia Dugdale (education) James Kelly (infrastructure) Sarah Boyack (local government) Claire Baker (rural) Patricia Ferguson (culture) Drew Smith (constitution) Jackie Baillie (social justice) Paul Martin (parliamentary business and chief of staff) Lewis Macdonald (chief whip) Richard Baker (party policy review) Jenny Marra (youth employment and finance)

Deputy spokespersons	Claudia Beamish (environment/climate change) Neil Bibby (education) Mary Fee (housing) Rhoda Grant (wellbeing) Elaine Murray (community safety) Richard Simpson (public health)

Backbenchers	Jayne Baxter Malcolm Chisholm Hugh Henry Cara Hilton Mark Griffin Ken Macintosh Hanzala Malik Margaret McCulloch (deputy whip) Margaret McDougall Michael McMahon Siobhan McMahon Duncan McNeil Anne McTaggart John Pentland (deputy whip) Alex Rowley Elaine Smith David Stewart

MP Group

Shadow cabinet	Douglas Alexander Margaret Curran Jim Murphy

Shadow ministers	Gordon Banks Russell Brown Thomas Docherty Gemma Doyle Tom Greatrex Cathy Jamieson Gregg McClymont Ian Murray

Backbenchers	Willie Bain Anne Begg Gordon Brown Katy Clark Tom Clarke Michael Connarty Alistair Darling Ian Davidson Brian Donohoe Frank Doran Sheila Gilmore David Hamilton Tom Harris Jimmy Hood Eric Joyce Mark Lazarowicz Michael McCann James McGovern Anne McGuire Ann McKechin Iain McKenzie Graeme Morrice Pamela Nash Fiona O'Donnell Sandra Osborne John Robertson Frank Roy Lindsay Roy Anas Sarwar James Sheridan

MEP Group

Organisation

Scottish Executive Committee
Scottish Labour Conference
Scottish Policy Forum
Scottish Trade Union Labour Party Committee
Scottish Labour Students
Scottish Young Labour
Campaign for Socialism Group
Review of the Labour Party in Scotland
History

In Government

First
Second

Persondata
Name	Macdonald, Lewis
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1 January 1957
Place of birth	Stornoway, Outer Hebrides
Date of death
Place of death

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