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Michael Moore MP |
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| Liberal Democrat |
Michael Moore was born on the 3 rd June 1965 in Northern Ireland and educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire and Jedburgh Grammar School. He has a MA(Hons) in Politics and Modern History from Edinburgh University and is a Chartered Accountant. He worked as a Research Assistant to Archy Kirkwood MP, then as a Chartered Accountant, and a manager of Corporate Finance Practice. He married his wife Alison in Melrose Parish Church in August 2004. Moore became the MP for Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale in 1997 upon the retirement of Sir David Steel (now Lord Steel of Aikwood). Moore has been deputy leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats since 2002, being relected in October 2007, and is currently Lib Dem spokesman on International Development at Westminster. He is a member of Amnesty International and his interest include jazz, hill walking and supporting local rugby teams.
Party positions
December 2007 - International Development spokesman
March 2006 - October 2008 - Scottish spokesman
March 2006 - December 2007 Foreign Affairs spokesman
June 2005 - March 2006 - Defence spokesman
January 2004 - June 2005 - Deputy Foreign Affairs Spokesman
October 2002 - Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
Recent electoral experience
2005 Westminster election, Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk, 18,993 votes (41.85 %) (elected)
2001 Westminster election, Tweedale, Ettrick &, Lauderdale, 14,035 votes (42.25 %) (elected)
1997 Westminster election, Tweedale, Ettrick &, Lauderdale, 12,178, (31.22 %) (elected)
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Chris Walker |
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| Conservative & Unionist |
Chris Walker, aged 43, brings a wealth of self-employed and corporate skills to the table. Educated in the Cumbrian hills at Sedbergh followed by an HND in Hotel Management at Blackpool College and then as a graduate trainee with Trusthouse Forte, he has worked all over the country and is very much a people person. He is self-employed since his mid-twenties in the hospitality trade and also writes fiction. As a recent candidate in the local elections for Dumfries & Galloway council, Chris Walker claims he was was "pipped to the post by the SNP". In reality, there was a tight three-way contest between Patsy Gilroy (Tory) with 994 votes, Jane Maitland (Ind) with 989 votes, and Thomas Jacques (SNP) with 924 votes. Walker came fourth with 701 votes and he was still 216 votes behind at stage 6, when he was excluded.
Chris Walker's recent business partnership has allowed him to follow a passion for politics. Sitting right of centre, he lists crime, education and immigration at the top of his agenda. Chris has a clear understanding of rural Scotland and is fully aware of the differences between city and rural life. Passionate about tourism and the creation of a year-round sustainable economy for the region, he sits on his local Community Council, Swimming Pool Board, Chamber of Trade and has held previous positions as Chairman of the Dumfries and Galloway Hoteliers Association, Chairman of the Wigtown District Tourism Committee and board member of Visit Scotland. Chris lives in the South of Scotland with his wife Sue, their 10-year-old daughter, Lisa and their two Labrador dogs.
Recent electoral experience.
2007 Dumfries & Galloway Council election, Dee, 701 first preference votes (14.82 %)
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Paul Wheelhouse |
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| Scottish National Party |
The SNP candidate, Paul Wheelhouse, is a senior economist and policy advisor with a leading firm of economic consultants and serves as a community councillor in Ayton, Berwickshire. Paul's expertise is in education demand, economic and demographic analysis, policy evaluation and capital project appraisal (including successful lottery funding bids for the Museum of Scotland and University of the Highlands and Islands). Paul was born in Belfast in 1970, was raised in Edinburgh, and attended Stewart's Melville College. Paul has an MA (2:1 Hons) in Economic Science from University of Aberdeen and an MBA from University of Edinburgh Management School. Having moved to Berwickshire in 2000, Paul was married at Dryburgh Abbey (2002), and has one son. Paul has a passion for Independence, and a keen interest in local, Scottish and Classical history, and tracing his Turnbull ancestry. Paul is a supporter of rugby and a player of five-a-side football. He will be standing for election for the first time, but has 20 years experience of election campaigning and is Berwickshire SNP's Branch Organiser. Paul is a member of Shelter and the SSPCA and will be fighting hard on behalf of local communities and to build upon the 26% of Borders list voters backing the SNP in 2007.
Recent electoral experience
Ayton Community Cllr.
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| Labour |
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