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Richard Thomson (Richard Gordon Thomson) was born on 16 June, 1976 in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a Scottish SNP politician, MP for Gordon. Discover Richard Thomson'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 47 years old?

Popular As Richard Gordon Thomson
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Age 47 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 16 June, 1976
Birthday 16 June
Birthplace Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality Scottish

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1976

Richard Gordon Thomson (born 16 June 1976) is a Scottish politician.

Thomson was born in Edinburgh in 1976, the son of Alexander and Ethel Thomson.

He was educated at Tynecastle High School, Edinburgh, before going to the University of Stirling to study History and Politics.

1998

He gained a BA (Hons) in 1998.

He is presently studying part-time for an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University.

1999

He worked for Scottish Widows in Edinburgh from 1999 to 2004, firstly as an Assistant Manager in their Customer Relations Department, and latterly as an Account Manager in Corporate Pensions.

2000

He worked as a senior researcher to MSP Shona Robison and MP Stewart Hosie from 2000 to 2007.

2001

In 2001, he unsuccessfully contested the Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale constituency, a safe seat for the Liberal Democrats in which Thomson came fourth with 4,108 votes (12.4%).

2004

Thomson was former Head of Campaigns for the Scottish National Party from 2004 to 2005, and the party's Westminster Head of Research, before returning to Aberdeenshire in the summer of 2008 to work for First Minister Alex Salmond.

2008

Thomson was Parliamentary Assistant to Salmond from 2008 to 2011.

2009

He contributed a chapter exploring the 'social democratisation of the SNP' to a book on post-devolution politics called Breaking Up Britain – Four Nations After a Union, published in 2009 by Lawrence & Wishart.

2010

In 2010, he stood in Gordon: the Liberal Democrat Malcolm Bruce retained his seat, but Thomson took the SNP into second place.

2012

Thomson was on Aberdeenshire Council from 2012 to 2020.

2015

He was leader of Aberdeenshire Council from June 2015 until May 2017, and Opposition Leader from 2017 to 2020.

He represented the council on the North Sea Commission, where he was vice-chair of the Marine Resources Group.

2017

Since 2017, he has been Deputy Editor of The Scottish Independent newspaper.

2019

He is a member of the Scottish National Party (SNP) He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gordon since the 2019 general election, having previously the leader of the SNP group on Aberdeenshire Council.

He has been serving as SNP Spokesperson for Business and Trade since 2022, and SNP Spokesperson for Wales and Northern Ireland since 2021.

He was selected to contest the Gordon constituency for the second time at the 2019 general election.

During the campaign he claimed, "A vote for me.. is not a vote for Scottish independence and I will never, ever, try and claim it as such."

He narrowly won the seat from the Conservative incumbent Colin Clark, with a slim majority of 819 votes (1.4%).

2020

In March 2020, Thomson resigned from Aberdeenshire Council to "concentrate 100% on being the MP for the Gordon Constituency".

In 2023, when questioned about Inverurie’s largest medical practice not renewing its NHS contract due to recruitment issues, Thomson said he “would do everything” he could “to attract doctors to the constituency”.

Thomson lives in Ellon, Aberdeenshire.

His partner is Eilidh Mackechnie; the couple have two daughters.