John Archibald Sinclair,3rd Viscount Thurso,,known also as John Thurso,is a Scottish businessman,Liberal Democrat politician and hereditary peer who is notable for having served in the House of Lords both before and after a period in the House of Commons.
Dame Margaret Anne Begg DBE is a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party,she was Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee from 2010 to 2015.
Malcolm Gray Bruce,Baron Bruce of Bennachie,is a British Liberal Democrat politician.
Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs since 2024. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ogmore since 2016. Irranca-Davies was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ogmore from 2002 to 2016.
Susan Kathleen Doughty is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Guildford from 2001 to 2005.
Sir Norman Peter Lamb is a British politician and solicitor. He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for North Norfolk from 2001 to 2019,and was the chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee from 2017 to 2019.
Sir Peter James Luff is a British former politician and previous Chair of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Formerly a British Conservative Party politician,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Worcestershire from 1997 to 2015 and for Worcester from 1992 until 1997. He was a junior Defence minister from 2010 to 2012.
Nicol Ross Stephen,Baron Stephen is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Scottish Liberal Democrats,he was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Aberdeen South from 1999 to 2011,and was leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2005 to 2008.
Martin Charles Horwood is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented South West England in the European Parliament from 2019 to 2020. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for Cheltenham from 2005 to 2015.
Michael John Rumbles is a former Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. He served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland,from 2016 to 2021. He previously represented West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine before being defeated at the 2011 election in the successor constituency of Aberdeenshire West).
Hamish Watt was a Scottish politician,farmer and writer. He was the SNP MP for Banffshire from 1974 to 1979,and was later Rector of the University of Aberdeen and a councillor.
Maureen Elizabeth Watt is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and former Minister for Mental Health in the Scottish Government. She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) representing the constituency of Aberdeen South and North Kincardine from 2011 to 2021 when she retired,having previously served as a regional member for North East Scotland from 2006 until 2011.
Jeff Smith is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Withington since 2015,and the Shadow Minister for Clean Power and Consumers since September 2023. A former Manchester City Councillor,he served as a senior opposition whip in Parliament from 2015 to 2021,and Shadow Minister for Local Government from May to 4 December 2021.
George Yull Mackie,Baron Mackie of Benshie was a British Liberal and Liberal Democrat politician.
Julie Elliott is a British Labour Party politician,who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunderland Central from 2010 to 2024. Elliott served as Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change from October 2013 to September 2015,with specific responsibility for renewable energy,the Green Investment Bank,and skills and supply chain issues. She has also served as chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Rugby Union and vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on State Pension Inequality for Women. Elliott was re-elected for the Labour Party in Sunderland Central at the 2019 general election with a majority of 2,964.
Ian Cameron Swales is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Redcar in England. Swales took Redcar from Labour incumbent Vera Baird for the Liberal Democrats at the 2010 general election,with a 21.8% swing. Swales added over 10,000 votes to his 2005 general election total. This was the biggest swing against any Labour candidate in the election and was also biggest majority overcome by any Liberal Democrat,until the 2022 Tiverton and Honiton by-election. He stood down at the 2015 general election.
Derek Gordon Thomas is a British Conservative politician and former property developer serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ives since 2015.
Stuart Blair Donaldson is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician in the United Kingdom. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine from the 2015 general election until being unseated at the general election on 8 June 2017,by Andrew Bowie of the Conservative Party.
Alexander James Amherst Burnett of Leys is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Aberdeenshire West constituency since 2016.
Andrew Campbell Bowie is a Scottish politician who has been the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine since the 2017 general election. He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nuclear and Networks since February 2023.
