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David McLetchie
CBE
Official portrait, 2011
Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament
In office 6 May 1999 – 31 October 2005
UK party leader
William Hague
Iain Duncan Smith
Michael Howard
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Annabel Goldie
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian (1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office 6 May 2011 – 12 August 2013
Succeeded by
Cameron Buchanan[a]
In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands
In office 1 May 2003 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by
Iain Gray
Succeeded by
Gordon MacDonald
Scottish Conservative portfolios
2007–2011
Chief Whip of the Scottish Conservative Party
2011–2013
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice
Personal details
Born
David William McLetchie
(1952-08-06)6 August 1952 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died
12 August 2013(2013-08-12) (aged 61) Edinburgh, Scotland
Political party
Scottish Conservatives
Spouse
Sheila
Children
1 child, 2 stepchildren
Alma mater
University of Edinburgh
David William McLetchie CBE (6 August 1952 – 12 August 2013) was a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 1999 to 2005. He was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency from 2003 to 2011 and the Lothian region from 1999 to 2003 and 2011 to 2013.
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constituency. On 31 October 2005, Goldie became acting leader after DavidMcLetchie resigned as leader of the Scottish Conservatives following adverse...
Scottish National Party leader John Swinney, Scottish Conservative leader DavidMcLetchie and Independent MSP Dennis Canavan by 70 votes to 34, 19 and 3 respectively...
of the Conservative group in the Scottish Parliament, but lost to DavidMcLetchie, and instead became the Scottish Conservative's spokesman on constitutional...
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forward; Former Scottish Conservative President DavidMcLetchie, and former Ayr MP Phil Gallie. McLetchie won the election with 52.3% of votes cast. The...
the campaign began thereafter. Labour – Jack McConnell SNP – John Swinney Conservative – DavidMcLetchie Liberal Democrat – Jim Wallace Greens – Robin...
election was held following the resignation of DavidMcLetchie following an expenses scandal. Following McLetchie's resignation on 31 October 2005, Annabel Goldie...
aware of such facts she would have done something about it. In 2005, DavidMcLetchie, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, was forced to resign after claiming...
Conservatives in November 2005 after the resignation of the incumbent DavidMcLetchie on 31 October 2005 after a row surrounding taxi expenses. Robin Harper...
constituency, which he lost to Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party DavidMcLetchie in 2003. Gray was returned to Holyrood in 2007 as MSP for East Lothian...
Davidson joined the Conservative Party. She said she was inspired by a call by David Cameron, the then Leader of the Opposition, in the wake of the United Kingdom...
incident, and politicians Jim McGovern and DavidMcLetchie, argued that Mone should never be released, with McLetchie saying that the ECHR had "crippled...
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where Liz Smith came within 50 votes of taking the seat from the SNP. DavidMcLetchie, the Scottish Conservative leader, said that one seat was "better than...
of Edinburgh Pentlands, the seat of former party leader DavidMcLetchie, to the SNP. McLetchie was elected on the Lothian regional list and the Conservatives...
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election by that point had been held by the Scottish Conservatives. Both DavidMcLetchie and Annabel Goldie were selected as leaders with no ballot taking place...
heart operation to repair a leaking heart valve. His personal spokesperson, David Whitton, stated "he is as concerned about his health as anyone else would...