Sheila Ritchie

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Sheila Ritchie
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Ritchie in 2019
Member of the European Parliament
for Scotland
In office
2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1957-05-18) 18 May 1957 (age 64)
NationalityScottish
Political partyLiberal Democrat

Sheila E. Ritchie (born 18 May 1957) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and solicitor, who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Scotland constituency from 2019 to 2020.[1][2]

Career[]

She is a consultant (formerly partner) at an Aberdeen law firm, and was formerly a Councillor and the leader of Gordon District Council.[3][4]

She was a Scottish Government appointee to the European Economic and Social Committee between 2000 and 2003.[5]

She is a Trustee of the sustainable land development non-profit, The Macaulay Development Trust.[6]

Member of the European Parliament[]

Ritchie was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for the Scotland constituency in the 2019 European Parliament election. As a Liberal Democrat, she sat with Renew Europe group. From July 2019, she was a member of the European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control and the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.[7] She served as an MEP until the 31 January 2020, when the Brexit process was completed.

Post 2020[]

Ritchie stood in Moray at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ "SNP to increase its MEPs as Labour collapses". BBC News. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Sheila Ritchie heads Scottish European list". Liberal Democrat Voice. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. ^ Davidson, Jenni (18 April 2019). "Scottish Lib Dems announce candidates for European Parliament election". Holyrood Magazine. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Sheila Richie MEP". Scottish Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Governance of The Macaulay Development Trust". The Macaulay Development Trust. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Sheila RITCHIE - 9th parliamentary term". European Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Scottish election 2021: Ten seats to watch". BBC News. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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