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Scottish Politician of the Year

Scottish Politician of the Year is an annual award established in 1999. It is held by The Herald newspaper in Prestonfield, Edinburgh.

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Although the awards ceremony has been held once at the Royal Museum, Prestonfield House Hotel is considered to be the home of the event. At the 2004 ceremony – held at the Prestonfield – former Labour MSP and life peer Mike Watson, set fire to a curtain, and was subsequently convicted of wilful fire raising.

Not all of the subsidiary awards are handed out every year.

Main award: Scottish Politician of the Year

  • 2016: Ruth Davidson MSP, Conservative and Unionist
  • 2015: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Scottish National Party, First Minister
  • 2014: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Scottish National Party, First Minister
  • 2013: Alex Salmond MSP, Scottish National Party, First Minister
  • 2012: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Scottish National Party, Deputy First Minister
  • 2011: Alex Salmond MSP, Scottish National Party, First Minister
  • 2010: Hugh Henry MSP, Labour, back-bencher, convenor of Public Audit Committee
  • 2009: John Swinney MSP, Scottish National Party, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth
  • 2008: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Scottish National Party, Deputy First Minister
  • 2007: Alex Salmond MSP MP, Scottish National Party, First Minister
  • 2006: Andy Kerr MSP, Labour, Minister for Health and Community Care
  • 2005: George Reid MSP, Scottish National Party, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
  • 2004: Margaret Curran MSP, Labour, Minister for Communities
  • 2003: George Reid MSP, Scottish National Party, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
  • 2002: Malcolm Chisholm MSP, Labour, Minister for Health and Community Care
  • 2001: Jack McConnell MSP, Labour, First Minister
  • 2000: Jim Wallace MSP MP, Liberal Democrats, Deputy First Minister
  • 1999: Donald Dewar MSP, MP, Labour, First Minister

    • Best Scot at Westminster

  • 2016: David Mundell MP, Conservative and Unionist, Secretary of State for Scotland
  • 2015: Angus Robertson MP, Scottish National Party Parliamentary Group Leader in Westminster
  • 2014: Gordon Brown MP, Labour
  • 2013: Douglas Alexander MP, Labour
  • 2012: Michael Moore MP, Liberal Democrats, Secretary of State for Scotland
  • 2011: Angus Robertson MP, Scottish National Party Parliamentary Group Leader in Westminster and shadow minister for Defence and Foreign Affairs
  • 2010: Jim Murphy MP, Labour, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
  • 2009: Jim Murphy MP, Labour, Secretary of State for Scotland
  • 2008: Alistair Darling MP, Labour, Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • 2007: Gordon Brown MP, Labour, Prime Minister
  • 2006: Angus MacNeil MP, Scottish National Party, for instigating the Metropolitan Police investigation into the Cash for Honours scandal
  • 2005: Des Browne MP, Labour, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
  • 2004: Menzies Campbell MP, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesman
  • 2003: Robin Cook MP, Labour, President of the Party of European Socialists; backbencher after his resignation as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons on 17 March 2003 in protest against the invasion of Iraq
  • 2002: Alistair Darling MP, Labour, Secretary of State for Transport
  • 2001: John Reid MP, Labour, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
  • 2000: Gordon Brown MP, Labour, Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • 1999: Gordon Brown MP, Labour, Chancellor of the Exchequer

    • Debater of the Year, since 2001 renamed Donald Dewar Debater of the Year

  • 2016: Ruth Davidson MSP, Conservative and Unionist
  • 2015: Willie Rennie MSP, Liberal Democrats
  • 2014: Ruth Davidson MSP, Conservative and Unionist
  • 2013: Johann Lamont MSP, Labour
  • 2012: Dennis Robertson MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2011: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2010: Derek Brownlee MSP, Conservative and Unionist
  • 2009: John Swinney MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2008: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2007: John Swinney MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2006: Tavish Scott MSP, Liberal Democrats
  • 2005: Alex Neil MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2004: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2003: David McLetchie MSP, Conservative and Unionist
  • 2002: David McLetchie MSP, Conservative and Unionist
  • 2001: Tommy Sheridan MSP, Scottish Socialist Party
  • 2000: Michael Russell MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 1999: Frank McAveety MSP, Labour

    • The Herald Politics in Business Award

  • 2016: Fergus Ewing MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2015: Gavin Brown MSP, Conservative and Unionist
  • 2014: Fergus Ewing MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2013: Richard Lochhead MSP, Scottish National Party, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment

    • Public Campaign/Campaigner of the Year

  • 2016: NO2NP
  • 2015: Gordon Aikman – Gordon’s Fightback
  • 2014: Coalition for Continuing Care – Barnardo’s Scotland, Aberlour Childcare Trust and WhoCares? Scotland
  • 2012: Shelter Scotland
  • 2012: Martha Payne, blogger and campaigner
  • 2011 - 2 awards: RAF Lossiemouth and Frank Maguire, lawyer and campaigner (posthumous award)
  • 2010: Ann Moulds, anti-stalking
  • 2008: Clydeside Action on Asbestos
  • 2007: Farepak savers' campaign
  • 2006: Campaign to block the deportation of Sakchai Makao to Thailand
  • 2005: Glasgow Girls, a group of young women who highlighted the situation of asylum seekers
  • 2004: Özlem and David Grimason, the parents of a baby - Alistair Grimason - killed by gunfire in Turkey: campaigned for a change in Turkish gun laws
  • 2003: Margo MacDonald MSP, Independent
  • 2002: Margo MacDonald MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2001: no award
  • 2000: no award
  • 1999: no award

    • Councillor/Local Government Politician of the Year

  • 2016: Mark Macmillan, Labour, Leader of Renfrewshire Council
  • 2015: David Parker, Scottish Borders Council
  • 2014: Gordon Matheson, Labour, Leader of Glasgow City Council
  • 2013: The three leaders of the Island councils:
  • Steven Heddle, Independent, Orkney Islands Council
  • Gary Robinson, Independent, Shetland Islands Council
  • Councillor Angus Campbell, Independent, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Outer Hebrides)
  • 2012: Gordon Matheson, Labour, Glasgow City Council
  • 2011: Michael Foxley, Liberal Democrats, Highland Council
  • 2010: Pat Watters, Labour, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
  • 2009: Steven Purcell, Labour, Glasgow City Council

    • e-Politician of the Year

  • 2016: Johann Lamont MSP, Labour
  • 2015: Ruth Davidson MSP, Conservative and Unionist
  • 2014: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Scottish National Party, First Minister
  • 2013: Patrick Harvie, MSP, Green Party

    • Lifetime Achievement Award/Outstanding Political Achievement

  • 2016: Menzies Campbell, Liberal Democrats
  • 2015: no award
  • 2014: Alistair Darling MP, Labour
  • 2013: Rt Hon Sir George Reid, former Presiding Officer
  • 2012: no award
  • 2011 - 2 awards: Gordon Brown MP, Labour; and Joe Quinn, former Scottish Political Editor of the Press Association
  • 2010: Jack McConnell MSP, Labour, First Minister 2001 - 2007
  • 2008: Jim Wallace, former leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • 2007: Margo MacDonald MSP, Independent
  • 2006: no award
  • 2005: Robin Cook MP, Labour (posthumous award)
  • 2004: Tam Dalyell MP, Labour
  • 2002: Winnie Ewing MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2001: David Steel MSP, Liberal Democrats
  • 2000: Alex Salmond MSP MP, Scottish National Party
  • 1999: no award

    • Committee/Committee Member(s) of the Year

  • 2016: Mary Scanlon, Conservative and Unionist
  • 2015: Alison McInnes MSP, Liberal Democrats
  • 2014: Hugh Henry MSP, Labour
  • 2012: no award
  • 2011: no award
  • 2010: Public Accounts Committee
  • 2009: Public Accounts Committee
  • 2008: Bill Aitken MSP, Conservative and Unionist, for convenership of the Justice Committee
  • 2007: no award
  • 2006: Justice 1 Committee
  • 2005: Finance Committee
  • 2004: Des McNulty MSP, Labour
  • 2003: John McAllion MSP and Michael McMahon MSP, both Labour, Petitions Committee
  • 2002: Mike Rumbles MSP, Liberal Democrats
  • 2001: John McAllion MSP, Labour
  • 2000: Gordon Jackson MSP, Labour
  • 1999: no award

    • Community MSP of the Year

  • 2016: Jackie Baillie MSP, Labour
  • 2015: Neil Findlay MSP, Labour
  • 2014: John Finnie MSP, Independent

    • Judges Award (2014 only)

  • Gordon Aikman

    • One to Watch/Award for Progress (1999-2013 only)

  • 2016: Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP, Liberal Democrats
  • 2015: no award
  • 2014: no award
  • 2013: Kezia Dugdale MSP, Labour
  • 2012: Humza Yousaf MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2011: no award
  • 2010: Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2009: Gavin Brown MSP, Conservative and Unionist
  • 2008: John Park MSP, Labour
  • 2007: Derek Brownlee MSP, Conservative and Unionist
  • 2006: Parliamentary group of 7 Scottish Green Party MSPs
  • 2005: Wendy Alexander MSP, Labour
  • 2004: Patrick Harvie MSP, Green
  • 2003: Rosie Kane MSP, Scottish Socialist Party
  • 2002: no award
  • 2001: Christine Grahame MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2000: Tavish Scott MSP, Liberal Democrats
  • 1999: Tricia Marwick MSP, Scottish National Party

    • Political Impact of the Year (2011-2013 only)

  • 2013: Kenny MacAskill MSP, Scottish National Party, Cabinet Secretary for Justice
  • 2012: Johann Lamont MSP, Labour
  • 2011: Murdo Fraser MSP, Conservative and Unionist

    • Newcomer of the Year (2011 only)

  • Ruth Davidson MSP, Conservative and Unionist

    • Free Spirit/Maverick of the Year (2000-2008 only)

  • 2008: Chris Harvie MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2007: Christine Grahame MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2006: Karen Gillon MSP, Labour
  • 2005: Brian Monteith MSP, Independent
  • 2004: Kenny MacAskill MSP, Scottish National Party
  • 2003: John Farquhar Munro MSP, Liberal Democrats
  • 2002: Elaine Smith MSP, Labour
  • 2001: Donald Gorrie MSP, Liberal Democrats
  • 2000: Margo MacDonald MSP, Scottish National Party

    • International Scot Award (2007 and 2008 only)

  • 2008: Sir Sean Connery
  • 2007: Sir Tom Hunter

    • Scottish Euro MP of the Year (2000-2003 only)

  • 2003: Prof Sir Neil MacCormick MEP, Scottish National Party
  • 2002: Prof Sir Neil MacCormick MEP, Scottish National Party
  • 2001: David Martin MEP, Labour
  • 2000: Prof Sir Neil MacCormick MEP, Scottish National Party

    • Election Performance of the Year (2003 only)

  • Scottish Green Party

    • Front Bencher of the Year (1999 only)

  • Susan Deacon MSP, Labour

    • Back Bencher of the Year (1999 only)

  • Donald Gorrie MSP, Liberal Democrats

    • References

    Scottish Politician of the Year Wikipedia
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