Keith Raffan
| Keith Raffan | |
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| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 7 January 2005 |
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| Preceded by | New Parliament |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Arbuckle |
| Member of the UK Parliament for Delyn |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Succeeded by | David Hanson |
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21 June 1949 Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Other political affiliations |
Conservative Party (until 1992) Scottish Liberal Democrats (1999-2016) |
Conservative Party (until 1992)
Keith William Twort Raffan (born 21 June 1949) is a former Conservative Member of Parliament and Scottish Liberal Democrat Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP).
Raffan was born in Aberdeen and educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Originally a Conservative, he was in the 1970s a chairman of Pressure for Economic and Social Toryism (precursor of the Tory Reform Group), placing him on the left of the Tories. At this time he stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at Dulwich in February 1974 and East Aberdeenshire in October 1974.
He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in Westminster for the Welsh seat of Delyn from 1983–92, but his perceived instability and views on issues like drugs put him out of favour with the prevailing leadership of Margaret Thatcher, and he was never made a Minister. Raffan was one of the few Conservative MPs to support the 'stalking horse' leadership challenge of Anthony Meyer (his constituency neighbour in north Wales) against Mrs Thatcher in 1989, and he then supported Michael Heseltine's challenge to Thatcher the following year.
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