Mark Lazarowicz
| Mark Lazarowicz | |
|---|---|
 |
|
|
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North and Leith |
|
|
In office 7 June 2001 – 30 March 2015 |
|
| Preceded by | Malcolm Chisholm |
| Succeeded by | Deidre Brock |
| Majority | 1,724 (3.6%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Marek Lazarowicz 8 August 1953 Romford, Essex, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
| Website | Official website |
Mark Lazarowicz (born Marek Lazarowicz; 8 August 1953) is a British Labour Co-operative politician and lawyer who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh North and Leith from 2001 to 2015. In October 2010, he was appointed as part of the shadow team for the Department for International Development along with Rushanara Ali with Harriet Harman in charge As of October 2011, his position of Shadow DFID Minister was taken over by Tony Cunningham.
He graduated from St. Andrews University where he had been Chairman of the St. Andrews University Labour Club with an MA in History in 1976, and the University of Edinburgh with an LLB in Law in 1992. He served as a Labour Councillor on the City of Edinburgh District Council from 1980 to 1996, and was Leader of the Council from 1986 to 1993. From 1999 to 2001 he was a member of the unitary City of Edinburgh Council, serving as Executive Member for Transport.
Lazarowicz is a qualified lawyer, and practised as an advocate at the Scottish bar between 1996 and 2001. Following his defeat in the 2015 UK General Election, he returned to legal practice. His legal specialisms include public law, judicial review and human rights, immigration and asylum, personal injury, and planning and environmental law. He is the joint author of "The Scottish Parliament:An Introduction", published in 1999 with new editions in 2000, 2003 and 2010.
Lazarowicz has been a supporter of many environmental causes, and in 2015 he was elected as an Honorary Fellow of Scottish Environment Link.
He is married with four children.
Mark Lazarowicz stood for the House of Commons, unsuccessfully, for Edinburgh Pentlands at the 1987 general election and again in 1992, but was defeated by Malcolm Rifkind on both occasions. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North and Leith in June 2001 and was re-elected in May 2005 and May 2010, for the now expanded Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.
...
Wikipedia