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Jim Eadie (politician)

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Jim Eadie
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Edinburgh Southern
In office
7 May 2011 – 23 March 2016
Preceded byMike Pringle
Succeeded byDaniel Johnson
Majority693 (2.1%)
Personal details
Born (1968-02-10) 10 February 1968 (age 56)
Glasgow, Scotland
Political partyAlba Party (from 2021)
Other political
affiliations		Scottish National Party (until 2021)
ResidenceEdinburgh
Alma materUniversity of Strathclyde

Jim Eadie (born 10 February 1968) is a Scottish politician who was the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Edinburgh Southern constituency from 2011 to 2016. In 2021, he left the SNP and joined the Alba Party.

Early life

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Eadie was born on 10 February 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland.[1][2] He was educated at Waverley Secondary School (Drumchapel) and the University of Strathclyde.[2]

Eadie worked for the Royal College of Nursing and Scottish Television, before becoming head of the Scottish branch of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) in 2002.[2] He left the ABPI in 2007 to start a healthcare consulting business.[2][3]

Political career

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Eadie contested the seat of Edinburgh Southern in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and defeated the Liberal Democrat incumbent Mike Pringle by a narrow margin of 693 votes.[4][5] In the same election, he was the eleventh list candidate for the SNP in the Lothian region.

Eadie was one of seven LGBT MSPs during the 4th Scottish Parliament.[6]

He was Convener of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee 2014–16.[7]

He stood again in the Edinburgh Southern seat in 2016, but lost his seat to Daniel Johnson of Scottish Labour.

He was selected to stand in the Edinburgh South constituency at the 2017 United Kingdom general election.[8] He finished second to Ian Murray, the Labour incumbent.

At the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, having left the SNP and joined the Alba Party, Eadie was nominated as the third-placed candidate on the Alba list in the Mid Scotland and Fife region.[9][10] However, Alba won only 1.7% of the votes, and no seats.[11]

Eadie stood in Rutherglen at the 2024 general election, coming seventh out of nine candidates, with 497 votes (1.2%).

References

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  1. ^ "Jim Eadie MSP". Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d 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 11 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  3. ^ "SNP MSP profile". Scottish National Party. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013.
  4. ^ Stephen, Phyllis (4 May 2016). "#SP16 Edinburgh Southern candidates". The Edinburgh Reporter.
  5. ^ "BBC News – Election 2011 – Scotland – Edinburgh Southern". BBC News. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. ^ Gardham, Magnus (12 November 2013). "SNP minister announces he is gay after separating from wife". The Herald.
  7. ^ "Previous MSPs: Session 4: Eadie, Jim". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  8. ^ King, Diane (1 May 2017). "Jim Eadie named as SNP candidate for Edinburgh South". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  9. ^ Torrance, Kirk J. (30 March 2021). "Former MSP to stand for ALBA". ALBA.
  10. ^ Grimmond, Steve (31 March 2021). "Scottish Parliamentary election – regional contest Mid Scotland and Fife Region. Statement of persons and parties nominated and Notice of poll" (PDF). Clackmannanshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Elections 2021: Mid Scotland and Fife". BBC News. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
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