Alex Cole-Hamilton

Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP


Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Western
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2016
Preceded by	Colin Keir
Majority	2,960
Personal details
Born	22 July 1977 (age 39)
Political party	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen
Website	http://www.alexcolehamilton.org.uk

Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP is a Scottish politician who is the Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for the constituency of Edinburgh Western.^[1]

After attending Madras College, a state school in St Andrews, he graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a degree in politics, and was President of the Students' Representative Council from 1999-2000.

Cole-Hamilton stood in several constituencies unsuccessfully as a Lib Dem candidate in Scottish Parliament elections in 2003 for the Kirkcaldy constituency; 2007 in Stirling and 2011 in Edinburgh Central.

In the United Kingdom general election, 2005 he stood in the constituency of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.

References

↑ "Election 2016: Edinburgh Western". BBC News. 6 May 2016.

Parliament of Scotland
Preceded by Colin Keir	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Western 2016–present	Incumbent

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Lothian region

Elected in the 2016 election

Constituency MSPs	Angela Constance (SNP, Almond Valley) Ruth Davidson (Con, Edinburgh Central) Ash Denham (SNP, Edinburgh Eastern) Ben Macpherson (SNP, Edinburgh Northern and Leith) Gordon MacDonald (SNP, Edinburgh Pentlands) Daniel Johnson (Lab, Edinburgh Southern) Alex Cole-Hamilton (Lib Dem, Edinburgh Western) Fiona Hyslop (SNP, Linlithgow) Colin Beattie (SNP, Midlothian North and Musselburgh)

Additional members	Jeremy Balfour (Con) Miles Briggs (Con) Kezia Dugdale (Lab) Neil Findlay (Lab) Alison Johnstone (Green) Gordon Lindhurst (Con) Andy Wightman (Green)

SNP (6 seats), Conservative (4 seats), Labour (3 seats), Greens (2 seats), Liberal Democrats (1 seat)

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