Sheila Ritchie | |
|---|---|
 Ritchie in 2019 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Scotland | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 May 1957 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
Sheila Ewan Ritchie MBE (born 18 May 1957) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and solicitor,who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Scotland constituency from 2019 to 2020. [1] [2]
She is a retired Solicitor of an Aberdeen law firm,and was formerly a Councillor and the leader of Gordon District Council. [3] [4]
She was a Scottish Government appointee to the European Economic and Social Committee between 2000 and 2003. [5]
She is a Trustee of the sustainable land development non-profit,The Macaulay Development Trust, [6] the arts-based charity for care-experienced young people,Articulate Cultural Trust,and Aberdeen community charity Celebrate Aberdeen.
Ritchie was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for the Scotland constituency in the 2019 European Parliament election. As a Liberal Democrat,she sat with Renew Europe group. From July 2019,she was a member of the European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control and the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. [7] She served as an MEP until the 31 January 2020,when the Brexit process was completed.
Ritchie stood in Moray at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election [8] and was also the fifth candidate on the list vote for the Highlands and Islands region. [9]
Ritchie was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for political service in Scotland. [10]
Ritchie was appointed as a Commissioner for the Electoral Commission in February 2024.
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