He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 2007, first as an additional member for the West Scotland region and later for the Eastwood constituency, since 2016. Carlaw served as acting Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from September 2018 to May 2019 during Ruth Davidson's maternity leave and from August 2019 to February 2020 following Davidson's resignation as leader. In a statement released late on Thursday, Carlaw said: “In the last few weeks, I have reached a simple if painful conclusion – that I am not, in the present circumstances, the person best placed to lead that case over these next vital months in Scottish politics prior to the Holyrood elections. “The [pro-independence] polling and the election next year concentrated people’s minds.”, Available for everyone, funded by readers, PM’s former Scottish campaign manager had been accused of fondling genitals of Labour MP, Rebels fail to gain enough support to win no-confidence motion amid last-minute manoeuvring by party officials, Two MSPs seek official clarity on leadership election if Richard Leonard refuses to quit, Pressure to resign gathers momentum in build-up to Holyrood elections next May. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Leadership is a tough business and I’m sure his decision wasn’t easy. The latest polls had really been putting the willies up people. Jackson Carlaw, Scottish Conservative MSP for Eastwood I'm Jackson Carlaw and it's an honour to have been elected as the Conservative and Unionist Member of Parliament for Eastwood. [14][15] In his role as acting leader, he supported Brexit and u-turned on criticisms of Prime Minister and Conservative leader Boris Johnson. During the campaign, he was hospitalised with appendicitis. [13], Carlaw served as acting leader of the Scottish Conservatives while leader Ruth Davidson was on maternity leave from September 2018 until May 2019. He reads extensively (biographies, historical and crime fiction being typical picks) and enjoys (light!) [3], Carlaw joined the East Renfrewshire Conservatives in 1978. All rights reserved. [16], On 6 January 2020, Carlaw confirmed his candidacy for the February 2020 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election[17] and launched his campaign in Edinburgh on 15 January. [11] In September 2016, he was elected Convener of the Scottish Parliament's Cross Party Group on Building Bridges with Israel, the establishment of which he pledged to help in his 2016 election campaign. James Comey's wife Patricia pleaded with him not to reveal damning reopening of FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's private email server until after 2016 election, new book reveals One of the company's directors is Jackson Carlaw, 44, the former vice-chairman of the Scottish Tories and a failed MSP candidate in Eastwood in May. He was re-appointed as of 28 June 2017 as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Europe and External Affairs. He is also a reasonable cook. He's got my vote! He was elected Scottish Conservative leader in the February 2020 leadership election, winning more than three-quarters of votes from party members. [28], Carlaw lives in Waterfoot, East Renfrewshire. He left a post in the Scotland Office after the prime minister’s chief adviser admitted travelling to his parents’ home in Durham during lockdown while he and his wife had the virus. Carlaw was raised in Newton Mearns and privately educated at The Glasgow Academy. He also promised to make the Scottish Conservatives more for the middle and working classes and continue to maintain the Scottish Conservatives as the main party of the Union. I wish Jackson Carlaw all the best. Police probe into claim Scots Tory leader Jackson Carlaw committed voter fraud Scotsman Reporter. He previously served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2011 to 2019. Elected to the Scottish Parliament on the West of Scotland regional list in 2007 and 2011, he was elected as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the 2011 deputy leadership election. [1] He worked for 25 years as a car salesman and was joint head of FirstFord car dealership in the west of Scotland until it was placed into receivership in November 2002. [5][6], Carlaw was unsuccessful as a candidate for Eastwood in the 2003, 2007, and 2011 Scottish Parliament elections. [8] Carlaw finished third behind Ruth Davidson and Murdo Fraser. In 1997 Jackson spent the night of the general election on STV's election programme commenting as the party lost every seat in Scotland. David Jackson Carlaw CBE (born 12 April 1959) is a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from February to July 2020. Three successive Panelbase polls put support for independence at 52%-54% – the highest on record. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 2007, first as an additional member for the West Scotland region and later for the Eastwood constituency since 2016. [22] This gave Carlaw the position of favourite over his opponent Michelle Ballantyne. Carlaw became MSP for Eastwood in 2016, after defeating the incumbent Ken Macintosh. He reads extensively (biographies, historical and crime fiction being typical picks) and enjoys (light!) Following an attempt in March 2017 by the SNP to hold a second Scottish independence referendum, Carlaw spoke against the attempt, describing it as "pointless" and unwanted". Before becoming an MSP Jackson worked in the retail motor industry for 25 years and has been involved in the Conservative Party since his mid-teens when he joined locally in East Renfrewshire. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. He was reappointed Deputy Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives in 2005. [11] He was the incumbent when Johnson called the 2019 general election, in which the party lost seven of their 13 seats from 2017 but held the remaining six. [9] He was appointed as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport by Davidson following her victory.[10]. Her decision was made in protest at Boris Johnson’s selection as leader of the UK party, and to spend more time with her young son and partner. One source said Carlaw suffered from negative comparisons with Davidson, who achieved legendary status in the Tory party after winning 13 Scottish Westminster seats in 2017 and making the Tories the second largest party at Holyrood. He received support from Ruth Davidson,[18] Murdo Fraser,[19] Adam Tomkins,[20] Liz Smith,[21] Annie Wells and Jamie Greene. Jackson is married with two adult sons and now lives in Waterfoot in Eastwood. [26], On 30 July 2020, Carlaw announced his resignation as Leader of the Scottish Conservatives, stating he had reached the "simple if painful conclusion" he was not "the person best placed" to lead the party into the next Scottish Parliament election in 2021. Pundits and party insiders said the most obvious candidate to succeed Carlaw was Douglas Ross, the MP for Moray and a former regional MSP who served for a year at Holyrood before beating Angus Robertson, the then Westminster leader of the SNP, in Moray in the June 2017 snap general election. All rights reserved. He resigned the leadership in July 2020, stating he was not the person best placed to lead the party into the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. [27] He was succeeded by Douglas Ross. Outside of politics, Jackson is interested in theatre generally and film. In a clear sign he had cleared that decision with the prime minister, the Scottish Tory party also issued a statement from Johnson. Although no one has yet declared an intention to try to succeed Carlaw, other possible candidates include Murdo Fraser, a senior Tory who lost to Davidson in the 2011 Scottish leadership contest but has favoured splitting from the UK party, or Miles Briggs, the party’s health spokesman.

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