Adam Tomkins
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Prof. Adam Tomkins MSP |
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| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow |
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Assumed office 5 May 2016 |
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| Born | 28 June 1969 |
| Political party | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Lauren Apfel |
| Children | 4 |
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University of East Anglia London School of Economics |
| Profession | Legal scholar |
Professor Adam Tomkins (born 28 June 1969) is an academic and politician based within Scotland. He is the John Millar Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law and was elected a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow in the Scottish Parliament election, 2016. He is shadow cabinet secretary for communities, social security, the constitution and equalities. Until 2015 Tomkins was constitutional advisor to the House of Lords Constitution Committee. From 2015 he has acted as constitutional advisor to the Scotland Office and Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell.
Tomkins was educated at Gillingham School, the University of East Anglia (LL.B., 1990) and the London School of Economics (LL.M., 1991). He taught at the School of Law of King's College London between 1991 and 2000 and became a fellow at St Catherine's College, Oxford in 2000, before being elected to the John Millar Chair of Law at Glasgow in 2003. His research interests lie in constitutional theory and history, British, EU and comparative constitutional law, and republicanism.
Professor Tomkins has published seven books in the areas of constitutional, administrative and European Union law, including two, Public Law (2003) and British Government and the Constitution (2007, with Colin Turpin), which are amongst the most widely used by law students in the United Kingdom.
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