Scottish Conservative Party Politicians - Adam Werritty, Alasdair Hutton, Andrew Dewar Gibb, Anna McCurley, Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin, Ian Maca (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 17. Chapters: Adam Werritty, Alasdair Hutton, Andrew Dewar Gibb, Anna McCurley, Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin, Ian MacArthur, Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw, Ivor Tiefenbrun, Jackson Carlaw, James Cran, James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Liam Fox, Michael Hirst (politician), Paul McBride, William Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon. Excerpt: Liam Fox (born 22 September 1961) is a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for North Somerset, and former Secretary of State for Defence. Fox studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and worked as a GP and Civilian Army Medical Officer before being elected as an MP in 1992. After holding several ministerial roles in John Major's Conservative government, Fox served as Constitutional Affairs Spokesman (1998-1999), Shadow Health Secretary (1999-2003), Conservative Party chairman (2003-05), Shadow Foreign Secretary (2005) and Shadow Defence Secretary (2005-10). Fox stood unsuccessfully in the 2005 Conservative leadership election. In 2010, he was appointed Secretary of State for Defence, a position from which he resigned on 14 October 2011 over allegations that he had given a close friend, lobbyist Adam Werritty, access to the Ministry of Defence and allowed him to join official trips overseas. Fox was born and raised in East Kilbride, Scotland and brought up in a council house that his parents later bought. Along with his brother and two sisters he was educated in the state sector; he attended St. Bride's High School (now part of St Andrew's and St Bride's High School). He studied medicine at the University of Glasgow Medical School, graduating with MB ChB degrees in 1983. Fox is a general practitioner (he was a GP in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, before his election to Parliament), a former Civilian Army Medical Officer and Divisional Surgeon with St John Ambulance. He is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Whilst studying at the University of Glasgow, he was a member of the Dialectic Society and became president of the Glasgow University Conservative Association. From there he advanced through the Conservative ranks. Fox contested the Hairmyres Ward of East Kilbride District Council in May 1984, coming second - 210 votes - to the incumbent Labour Councillor, Ed McKenna. While studying medicine at Glasgow University in the e