Constituency : Argyll and Bute 2001-2015
Alan took over from Ray Michie at Argyll and Bute.
Alan was educated at Ayr Academy and Strathclyde University. He worked for Glasgow University as a computer project manager. He became a councillor for Renfrewshire District Council in 1988. He contested Paisley South at a by-election in 1990 but was pushed from second to fourth by an SNP surge. He stood there again in 1992. He switched to Dumbarton in 1997 but again came fourth.
Alan was a Scotland and Northern Ireland spokesman and also a whip. He was criticised in the expenses scandal for claiming B & B stays in his constituency but was able to explain that this only happened when he was too late for the last ferry home.
Alan held his seat reasonably comfortably until 2015 when the SNP jumped from fourth to first place. He contested the Argyll and Bute seat ( which does not have the same boundaries) in the 2016 Scottish elections but came second. He slipped to third in 2017 but has been selected to fight the seat again. He remains a local councillor.
He is now 64.
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