Alison Johnstone

Alison Johnstone (born 11 October 1965) is a Scottish Green politician, who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothian region since 2011.[2] She also served as a councillor for the Meadows/Morningside ward for The City of Edinburgh Council from 2007 until May 2012.

Alison Johnstone

MSP
Johnstone in 2010
Co-Leader of the Greens in the
Scottish Parliament
Assumed office
3 March 2019
Serving with Patrick Harvie
Preceded byPatrick Harvie
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Lothian
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
Assumed office
5 May 2011
Personal details
Born (1965-10-11) 11 October 1965 [1]
Edinburgh, Scotland
Political partyScottish Greens
Spouse(s)husband
Children1 daughter
WebsiteOfficial Website

Early life

Johnstone was born and raised in Edinburgh, where she attended St. Augustine's High School.

Career

From 1999, Johnstone worked as an assistant to Robin Harper, a position she held until he stood down in March 2011. She was also joint convenor of the Scottish Green Party from 2007 to 2008.[3]

She was elected in May 2011 to the Scottish Parliament.

She unsuccessfully contested Edinburgh Central in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election but finished fourth behind the Scottish Conservatives' Ruth Davidson, the Scottish National Party's Alison Dickie and Scottish Labour's Sarah Boyack.[4] She was again returned on the regional list.[5] On 22 May, she was announced as the Scottish Greens spokesperson on Health and Sport, Social Security, Children and Young People.[6]

Since 3 March 2019, she has been the Co-Leader of the Scottish Greens in the Scottish Parliament, serving with Partick Harvie.[7] In 2020, she introduced a measure to grant protected species status to the mountain hare in Scotland, which was accepted on 17 June 2020.[8]

Personal life

Johnstone has a husband and daughter.[9][10]

References
  1. Chris Marshall and Carla Gray (7 May 2011). "Scottish Parliament election: Profiles of the candidates elected to serve in Edinburgh". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  2. Lindsey Johnstone (6 May 2011). "Scotland fails to go Green". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  3. "New co-leader for Scottish Greens". BBC News. BBC. 24 September 2007.
  4. "Edinburgh Central - Scottish Parliament constituency - Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. "Lothian - Scottish Parliament electoral region - Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. "Scottish Greens announce portfolios of new Holyrood group". The Herald. Glasgow. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  7. "Scottish Greens appoint Alison Johnstone as new co-leader". BBC News. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  8. "Wildlife Scotland to ban mass culling of mountain hares". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  9. Edinburgh Greens. "Alison Johnstone". edinburghgreens.org.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  10. "Ten Questions: Alison Johnstone". Edinburgh Evening News. edinburghnews.scotsman.com. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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Party political offices
Preceded by
Shiona Baird		 Co-Convenor of the Scottish Green Party
with Robin Harper
2007–2008		 Succeeded by
Eleanor Scott
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