Alasdair Douglas Pinkerton is a British Liberal Democrat politician and academic who has been

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for

Surrey Heath Surrey Heath is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Camberley. Much of the area is within the Metropolitan Green Belt. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local ...

since

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Early life and career

Pinkerton was born and grew up in Scotland, attending university in St Andrews. He has worked as an associate professor of

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. In 2013, he served as an accredited observer of the

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Parliamentary career (2019–)

Pinkerton first sought election to Parliament in 2019 in Surrey Heath delivering an unexpected 11.1% swing against incumbent

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. He spent the next five years pursuing Surrey Heath for the Lib Dems, seeing them come close to taking a number of

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seats in 2021 and then taking control of Surrey Heath Borough Council in 2023, for the first time in its 49-year history.

Published works

"The Falkland Islands referendum" (2013) ''The Handbook of Displacement'' (2020)

References

Living people Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London Alumni of the University of St Andrews Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 2024–present Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-politician-stub