Tommy Sheridan
| Tommy Sheridan | |
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Tommy Sheridan in March 2007
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| Convenor of Scottish Socialist Party | |
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In office 1998 – 11 November 2004 |
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| Succeeded by | Colin Fox |
| Joint convenor of Solidarity | |
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In office 3 September 2006 – June 2016 |
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| Preceded by | New position |
| Succeeded by | Councillor Pat Lee |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 3 May 2007 |
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| Glasgow City Councillor | |
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In office 1992 – 1 May 2003 |
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| Succeeded by | Keith Baldassara |
| Personal details | |
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7 March 1964 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Political party | Solidarity |
| Alma mater | University of Stirling |
Tommy Sheridan (born 7 March 1964 in Glasgow) is a Scottish politician who was co-convenor of Solidarity, along with Rosemary Byrne until June 2016.
Sheridan was active as a Militant entryist in the Labour Party until 1989 when Labour expelled him, and became a member of Scottish Militant Labour (SML), which eventually became the core of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP). He was a prominent campaigner against the Community Charge (commonly known as the Poll Tax) in Scotland, and was jailed for six months for attending a warrant sale in 1991 after Glasgow Sheriff Court had served a court order on him banning his presence. He was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 as a Glasgow representative and re-elected in 2003 despite, in 2000 and 2002, being jailed over the non-payment of fines levied in connection with breach of the peace convictions resulting from his actions at demonstrations against the presence of the nuclear fleet at the Faslane Naval Base.
In 2006, in the case of Sheridan v News International, he won an action for defamation against the News of the World and was awarded £200,000 damages. The following year, he was charged with perjury for having told lies to the court in his defamation case. In the following weeks, six of his relations and colleagues were also charged. In October 2010, he appeared together with his wife Gail at a trial for perjury. While the charges against his wife were withdrawn, on 23 December 2010, Sheridan was convicted of perjury, and on 26 January he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. In the light of the News of the World phone hacking affair, the Crown Office has been ordered to reassess the case. Sheridan left prison in January 2012 under automatic early release rules.
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