Neil Findlay
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Neil Findlay MSP |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian |
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Assumed office 5 May 2011 |
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6 March 1969 West Lothian, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Fiona Findlay |
| Children | One daughter |
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University of Strathclyde University of Glasgow |
| Profession | Housing Officer, Teacher |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Trade Union membership | Educational Institute of Scotland, Unite |
| Website | neilfindlaymsp.com |
Neil Findlay (born 6 March 1969) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian since 2011. He has also been a councillor in West Lothian from 2003 to 2012.
Findlay was born in 1969 and educated at St. Kentigern's Academy in Blackburn, West Lothian. After leaving school in 1986, he became an apprentice bricklayer in his father's business, and spent ten years working there. During this time, he also studied at the University of Strathclyde, gaining a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and Politics, and going on to become a housing officer in 1996. After working for Almond Housing Association in Livingston for seven years, he completed a PGCE at the University of Glasgow in 2003 and became a teacher in Falkirk for the next eight years. He is married with one daughter.
In 2003 he was elected onto West Lothian Council for the Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley ward, and was re-elected in 2007 until 2012.
In 2011 he was elected to the Scottish Parliament as one of the seven list members for Lothian. In 2012 he was appointed Shadow Cabinet Minister for Skills and Learning. He was later appointed to the frontbench as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on 29 May 2013.
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