Miles Briggs

Miles Briggs
MSP
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Lothian
Assumed office
6 May 2016
Personal details
Born 30 March 1983
Political party Scottish Conservative Party
Alma mater Robert Gordon University
Website https://www.milesbriggs.scot/

Miles Edward Frank Briggs (born 30 March 1983) is a British politician who was elected as a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Member of Scottish Parliament for the Lothian region at the Scottish Parliament election, 2016.[1]

Briggs was educated at Auchtergaven Primary School, Perth Grammar School and Robert Gordon University.

Political career

Briggs was the official Conservative Party candidate at the 2010 general election for the North East Fife constituency, then in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election for North East Fife. In 2016, he stood for the Edinburgh Southern constituency.

In December 2015, Briggs was named second on the Conservative's regional list for the 2016 elections, behind Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson.[2]

Briggs is the Scottish Conservative spokesman for Mental Health and Public Health in the Scottish Parliament[3] In addition, he sits on the Health and Sport Committee of the Scottish Parliament.[4]

Briggs was announced as the official Conservative Party candidate for Edinburgh South West at the 2017 general election. He finished in second place, and received 16,478 votes, behind the sitting SNP MP, Joanna Cherry. Despite not being elected, Briggs was successful in significantly reducing Cherry's majority from 8,135 votes at the previous election, to just 1,097 votes.

References

  1. ↑ "Election 2016: Lothian. Scottish Parliament region". BBC News. 6 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ruth Davidson and Miles Briggs at top of regional list". Edinburgh Evening News. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Scottish Conservative appointments for new parliamentary term". Scottish Conservative Party. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Miles Briggs MSP". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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