David Mundell MP

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David Mundell MP What is published: (This section usually consists of prior published material – such is and will be continuously updated -- for further details contact: whoswho@martinfrost.ws) What they say: (i.e. the subjects own copy or the provision of a link to client’s own website /or up to a 1,000 word insert inclusive of two graphics or photographs (approx four A4 pages) – for further details and charges contact: whoswho@martinfrost.ws) What you say: (i.e. a third parties viewpoint – such as a lawyer’s client; a banker’s customer, a hotel guest) these entries are free but in the event of negative feedback such entry needs to be substantiated – for further details contact: contact: whoswho@martinfrost.ws) What is published David Gordon Mundell (born 27 May 1962 in Dumfries) is a Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party MP and former Member of the Scottish Parliament. Mundell was a councillor in Annandale and Eskdale for two years and on Dumfries and Galloway council for another one until 1987. He was elected in the 2003 Scottish parliamentary election to represent the South of Scotland region. In the 2005 general election, Mundell was elected in the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency. He is now the only Conservative MP representing a Scottish seat after the Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives, Peter Duncan, lost his seat at the 2005 General Election. In December 2005 he was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland. Following his election to Westminster, Mundell resigned from the Scottish Parliament in June 2005. His seat was taken by Derek Brownlee, who was next on the Conservative's list for the South of Scotland region. Derived from his website: About David Mundell David Mundell MP, seen here out walking with Daisy, the family dog, near his home in Moffat, accompanied by his wife Lynda and their 3 children, who all attend Moffat Academy. A former BT executive and MSP, David scored the Conservatives’ only success on Scotland in May 2005 when he won the newly created seat of Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale with a notional eight per cent swing from Labour. Born in Dumfries in 1962, son of an hotelier, he went to Lockerbie Academy, read law at Edinburgh University and took a master’s degree in business administration at Strathclyde University Business School. He worked as a solicitor in private practice before joining BT as group legal adviser for Scotland in 1991, rising to become BT Scotland’s head of national affairs. As a student, he was a councillor in Annandale and Eskdale for two years and on Dumfries and Galloway council for another one until 1987. David contested the Dumfries constituency in the first Scottish Parliament elections in 1999; he was elected from the South of Scotland regional list. He served on Scottish Parliamentary committees concerned with Europe, legislative scrutiny and enterprise and lifelong learning. He was re-elected as a list MSP in 2003 and became Conservative spokesman for telecommunications, transport and IT, and a member of the local government and transport committee. He was convenor of the cross-party group on textiles, clothing and footwear and also a member of the cross-party group on affordable housing. He brought in a private member’s bill to separate local elections from Scottish Parliament elections. He stood down from the Holyrood Parliament on his election to Westminster, where he was appointed to the Select Committee on Scottish Affairs and also became vice-chairman of the All-Party Groups on Scotch Whisky and the West Coast Main Line. After David Cameron’s election as leader he returned the post of Shadow Scottish Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet and appointed David to the position. David is also chairman of the Scottish Conservative Candidates Board which has to select candidates for the Scottish Parliament elections in 2007. He is well known as a community campaigner in his constituency. He has spoken out on regeneration of rural areas, road improvements, more affordable housing, and cuts in rural services such as schools and post offices and against large-scale wind farm developments. He lists business, commerce and rural affairs and his main policy interests, and has a particular interest in the USA. He writes a weekly column for the Lanark Gazette and a monthly column for Dumfriesshire Newspapers and the Peeblesshire News. Contact: David Mundell MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Telephone me on: 020 7219 4895 Fax me on: 020 7219 2707 Email me at: mundelld@parliament.uk Or to find out details about my regular help and Advice Surgeries in the constituency, contact our Offices in Moffat: David Mundell MP Constituency Office 2 Holm Street, Moffat DG10 9EB Tel: 0800 731 9590 What they say What you say See also:
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