Douglas Lumsden

Douglas Aaron Lumsden[3] is a Scottish Conservative Party politician. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region since the election in May 2021.[4] He was previously the co-leader of Aberdeen City Council,[4] and will continue as a councillor to avoid the expense of a by-election.[5] He contested the Aberdeen South seat in the 2019 United Kingdom general election but came second.[2]

Douglas Lumsden
MSP
Swearing in, 2021
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for North East Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Personal details
Born1971 (age 50–51)[1][2]
Political partyScottish Conservatives

He previously worked in the IT industry.[2]

In December 2020, Lumsden planned to ask the UK government to fund Aberdeen Council directly, bypassing the Scottish government. He was criticised by the SNP and Liberal Democrats for disrespecting Scottish devolution,[6] however the Liberal Democrats also criticised the Scottish government for giving Aberdeen "a horrible and unfair deal on funding". Lumsden claimed that his concern was that "lobbying the Scottish Government and COSLA for a fairer funding settlement" has not been taken seriously.[7]

On 12 January 2022, Lumsden called for Boris Johnson to resign as party leader and Prime Minister over the Westminster lockdown parties controversy along with a majority of Scottish Conservative MSPs.[8]

References
  1. Hall, Jamie (26 April 2021). "North-east candidate profiles: Aberdeen Central". Evening Express. Aberdeen Journals Ltd. DC Thomson Media. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. Aiken, Gregor (4 November 2019). "Aberdeen City Council co-leader Douglas Lumsden replaces Ross Thomson as candidate for Aberdeen South". Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals Ltd. DC Thomson Media. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. "General election 2019: Who is standing in Scotland?". BBC News. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. Gossip, Alastair (8 May 2021). "Aberdeen city council co-leader to step down as Tories dominate list vote and Alba miss out". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. Hall, Jamie (17 May 2021). "Former Aberdeen City Council co-leader donates salary to local charities". Evening Express. Aberdeen Journals Ltd. DC Thomson Media. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  6. O'Toole, Emer (8 December 2020). "Backlash as Tory council co-leader wants to bypass SNP to get cash from Westminster". The National. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  7. Gossip, Alastair. "Aberdeen City Council looking to bypass SNP to strike funding deal with Westminster". Press and Journal. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  8. Green, Chris (12 January 2022). "Majority of Scottish Tories' 31 MSPs at Holyrood now openly calling for the Prime Minister to resign". Twitter. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.


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