Mike Pringle

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This article is about the Member of the Scottish Parliament. For the Canadian Football League running back, see Mike Pringle (football player).

Mike Pringle (b. December 25, 1945 Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh South.

He was educated at Edinburgh Academy.

From 1992 to 2003 he was a member of Edinburgh City Council. In the 1997 UK general election he ran unsuccessfully as a candidate in Edinburgh South, and in the same constituency in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election. In the latter he came third out of the five candidates, with 22% of the vote; less than five hundred votes behind Margo MacDonald. He was also a candidate for the Lothians, but was not elected through the list system.

He ran again in the 2003 Scottish Parliamentary election for the same seat, winning it from Angus MacKay by half a percent of the votes - a majority of 158.

He is currently the Liberal Democrat member of the Justice 1 Committee of the Scottish Parliament.

He is a keen follower of Heart of Midlothian F.C. and was a strong supporter of the campaign to prevent the sale of the club's Tynecastle stadium in 2004.

He is a strong supporter of the Free Tibet Campaign and has introduced a Bill into the Scottish Parliament to introduce a levy on plastic bags in Scotland similar to the successful Irish plastic bag tax. He is also an Honorary Vice-President of English-Speaking Union Scotland

In September 2006, the Scottish Parliament's Standards Committee banned him for a week from attending full sessions and committee meetings of the Parliament for leaking details of the Shirley McKie case to a newspaper.

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Scottish Parliament
Preceded by
Angus MacKay		 Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh South
2003 – present		 Incumbent


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Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Lothians region Flag of Scotland

Elected in the 2007 election

Labour (5 seats), SNP (5 seats), Conservative (2 seats), Lib Dems, (2 seats), Greens (1 seat), Independent (1 seat)

Constituency MSPs
Sarah Boyack (Lab, Edinburgh Central) • Kenny MacAskill (SNP, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) • Malcolm Chisholm (Lab, Edinburgh North and Leith) • David McLetchie (Con, Edinburgh Pentlands) • Mike Pringle (Lib Dem, Edinburgh South) • Margaret Smith (Lib Dem, Edinburgh West) • Mary Mulligan (Lab, Linlithgow) • Angela Constance (SNP, Livingston) • Rhona Brankin (Lab, Midlothian)

Additional Members
Gavin Brown (Con) • George Foulkes (Lab) • Robin Harper (Green) • Fiona Hyslop (SNP) • Margo MacDonald (Ind) • Ian McKee (SNP) • Shirley-Anne Somerville (SNP)


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Scottish Liberal Democrat MSPs
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