Leader Nicola Sturgeon Succeeded by Position abolished Party Scottish National Party Preceded by Allan Macartney Role Scottish Politician | Preceded by Position established Name Ian Hudghton Preceded by Winnie Ewing Nationality Scottish | |
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Born 19 September 1951 (age 72)
Forfar, Angus, Scotland ( 1951-09-19 ) | ||
Interview with Ian Hudghton MEP
Ian Stewart Hudghton (born 19 September 1951) is a Scottish politician, and is a current Scottish National Party Member of the European Parliament for Scotland.
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He has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1998, when he won his seat in a rare European Parliamentary by-election, after the death of sitting SNP MEP Allan Macartney.
Since the 2004 European elections, he has led the currently seven-strong European Free Alliance Group in the Parliament, which retains its own identity within the joint Green-European Free Alliance Group.
He is a member of the Fisheries, Internal Market and Consumer Protection, and Transport and Tourism committees.
Before becoming an MEP he had been a successful election agent for John Swinney and Allan Macartney, a District and Regional Councillor and the first elected leader of the unitary Angus Council after its foundation in 1995/6.
In September 2005 Hudghton was elected as President of the SNP, following the retirement of Winnie Ewing.