- Ian Welsh
Ian Welsh is a Scottish politician and former Labour
Member of the Scottish Parliament .He was born and brought up in
Prestwick ,Ayrshire , and has served as a councillor and as the leader ofSouth Ayrshire Council.Welsh was elected to the
Scottish Parliament in the 1999 election as the Labour candidate for Ayr. This seat was the most marginal of the election, Welsh had a majority of just 25 votes (0.07%) over the Conservative and Unionists.On the
21 December 1999 Welsh announced his resignation from the parliament, citing family reasons. At 230 days after election he was the first MSP to resign from the job.The subsequent by-election was won by John Scott for the Conservatives, gaining the party their first constituency seat.
External links
* [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-99/pa0066.htm Parliamentary News Release 66 - Resignation of Ian Welsh MSP]
* [http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/aspect/aspect1999/lab/a99labayr.htm Aspect 1999: Ian Welsh, Scottish Labour Party candidate, Ayr, 1999]
* [http://www.alba.org.uk/scottish/shortestscot.html Shortest Serving Members Of The Scottish Parliament]###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title =Member of the Scottish Parliament for Ayr
years = 1999–2000
before = "(First Election)"
after = John Scott
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