Jackson Carlaw
Jackson Carlaw ( born April 12, 1959) is a Scottish politician and member of the Conservative Party.
Life
Prior to his entry into the Scottish Parliament Carlaw was over 25 years in the automotive industry in Glasgow operates. He then worked as an independent business consultant. Carlaw is married and lives with his wife and two sons in südwestschottischen Troon.
Political career
1978 Carlaw joined the Conservative Party. After the death of the Labour MP Frank McElhone Park 1982 elections were due in whose constituency Glasgow Queen's. These Carlaw approached, but received only the third highest share of votes and thus failed to reach the British House of Commons. At the regular general election in 1983, he then applied for the direct mandate of the Glasgow Pollok constituency, but was defeated by Labour politician James White. From 1984 to 1986 Carlaw was then chairman of the youth organization of the Scottish Conservatives; 1988-1992 Chairman of the Eastwood Conservative Association. Finally Carlaw was elected 1992-1998 Vice Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives.
In the Scottish Parliament elections of 2003, Carlaw applied for the direct mandate of the constituency Eastwood and was following his party colleague John Young. However, he only received the second highest number of votes behind the Labour candidate Kenneth Macintosh and thus missed the direct mandate of the constituency. In the following 2007 parliamentary elections Carlaw occurred again in Eastwood, but missed the mandate despite Stim gains a further time. But since he was also placed on the second rank of the Regional Evaluation of the Conservative Party for choosing Region West of Scotland
, He received one of the two list mandates of conservatives in this election region and moved for the first time in the Scottish Parliament. In this legislature fungierter Carlaw as party spokesman on health, environment and traffic. 2011 missed Carlaw again the direct mandate for Eastwood, but on the other hand defended his mandate list. In November 2011, Annabel Goldie resigned as party leader. for the election of a successor came to Ruth Davidson, Murdo Fraser and Jackson Carlaw. Finally, Davidson was the choice to decide for themselves who appointed Carlaw to her deputy.