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Martin Whitfield was born on 1965 in Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, is a Scottish Labour politician. Discover Martin Whitfield's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?
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Martin Whitfield Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Martin Whitfield's Wife?
His wife is Rachel Whitfield
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Martin Whitfield Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Martin Whitfield worth at the age of 59 years old? Martin Whitfield’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. He is from Scottish. We have estimated Martin Whitfield's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
Martin David Whitfield (born 12 August 1965) is a Scottish Labour politician and former lawyer and primary school teacher who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region and the Convener of the Standards and Procedures and Public Appointments Committee since 2021.
He worked as a solicitor between 1989 and 2001, before leaving the law profession to retrain as a teacher at the University of Edinburgh, achieving a PGCPE pass with merit in teaching in 2002.
Prior to his election, Whitfield worked at Prestonpans Primary School and served as a council member of the General Teaching Council for Scotland as well as a member of the EIS, Scotland's largest trade union.
He was also Chair of Prestonpans Community Council and involved in a number of community groups.
Whitfield has previously served in as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lothian from the 2017 snap general election, when he unseated the sitting MP, George Kerevan of the Scottish National Party, until his defeat at the 2019 general election by the SNP candidate Kenny MacAskill, who later defected to Alba in 2021.
Whitfield was born in Gosforth in Newcastle and achieved a BA (Hons) in business law from Huddersfield Polytechnic.
Whitfield was named as the Labour candidate for the East Lothian constituency at the 2017 UK general election, where he unseated the sitting Scottish National Party MP, George Kerevan.
Whitfield was an active opponent of Brexit and a strong supporter of a second referendum, referred to as a "People's Vote".
He supported the official recognition of non-binary people in official government documentation.
He was one of 216 general election candidates to pledge support for the Israel Election Pledge.
Whitfield attracted controversy in a debate on the abuse of MPs when he claimed that "now is the time to ban anonymous social media accounts".
He claimed that he was echoing similar remarks from SNP MEP Alyn Smith.
Whitfield was the Co-Chair of Anas Sarwar's unsuccessful 2017 Scottish Labour leadership campaign.
He supported MP Ian Murray's UK Labour deputy leadership campaign, MSP Jackie Baillie's Scottish Labour deputy leadership campaign, and Anas Sarwar's successful 2021 Scottish Labour leadership campaign.
In June 2018, Whitfield led an adjournment debate on the challenges faced by people with 'hidden' disabilities, particularly in relation to the use of accessible toilets and cited the Grace's Sign campaign run by a young constituent, Grace Warnock.
In October 2018, he attracted widespread praise after leading a Commons debate on World Menopause Day.
In June 2019 he led a further backbench debate on invisible disabilities and accessibility challenges, including the new Any Disability Sign.
Whitfield was a strong critic of the rollout of Universal Credit and was one of the first Labour MPs to call for the new benefit to be replaced entirely.
Following the announcement that the US would impose tariffs on single malt Scotch whisky from 18 October 2019, Whitfield took a leading role in efforts to encourage the UK Government to persuade US counterparts to reconsider the move and co-ordinated a letter to the US Ambassador.
Whitfield was a member of several All-Party Parliamentary Groups, including the Timber Industries APPG, which he chaired.
He was also a member of the Commons' Science and Technology Select Committee.
He lost his seat at the 2019 general election to the SNP candidate, Kenny MacAskill.
He later became a supporter and executive committee member for the organisation Scientists for Labour, providing advice and input to Keir Starmer's office on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whitfield stood for election to the Scottish Parliament in the East Lothian constituency and the South Scotland regional list at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
At the election, Whitfield finished in a close second place behind the SNP, with 16,789 votes and a share of 36.6%, but was elected on the South Scotland list vote.
Whitfield lives in Prestonpans, East Lothian with his family, he is married to Rachel; with two children.
