David Stewart (Scottish politician)

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David John Stewart (born 5 May 1956) is a Scottish politician. He was the Labour Member of Parliament for the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber constituency in Scotland until 2005, when the constituency was reformed to Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, an election which he lost to Liberal Democrat candidate Danny Alexander.

In May 2007 he returned to parliamentary life, this time to the Scottish Parliament as a list MSP, in the Highlands and Islands constituency. In June 2007, the leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Jack McConnell appointed him to the shadow cabinet as the Chief Whip of the Labour Party in Holyrood.

He had first been elected in 1997, having previously been a leading figure in the Labour party in Scotland. He is a member of the Tribune Group.

He is married to Linda Stewart, who also stood in the 2007 Scottish elections as Labour party candidate for the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Constituency. She however failed to be elected.

v • d • e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Highlands and Islands region Elected in the 2007 election SNP (6 seats), Lib Dem (4 seats), Labour (3 seats), Conservative (2 seats) Constituency MSPs Jim Mather (SNP, Argyll and Bute) • Jamie Stone (Lib Dem, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) • Fergus Ewing (SNP, Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) • Richard Lochhead (SNP, Moray) • Liam McArthur (Lib Dem, Orkney) • John Farquhar Munro (Lib Dem, Ross, Skye and Inverness West) • Tavish Scott (Lib Dem, Shetland) • Alasdair Allan (SNP, Western Isles) Additional Members Rob Gibson (SNP) • Rhoda Grant (Lab) • Jamie McGrigor (Con) • Peter Peacock (Lab) • Mary Scanlon (Con) • David Stewart (Lab) • David Thompson (SNP)

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