Alison Ada Harris (born 23 July 1965) is a

Scottish Conservative Party The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party ( gd, Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Tory an Unionist Pairty), often known simply as the Scottish Conservatives and colloquially as the Scottish Tories, is a centre-right political par ...

politician, who served as a

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(MSP) for Central Scotland from

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Political career

Westminster elections

Harris stood unsuccessfully in the

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for the

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constituency of Falkirk. She came third out of the five candidates with 7,325 votes increasing the vote share to 12.13%

Scottish Parliament

For the

2016 Scottish Parliament election The 2016 Scottish parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2016 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the fifth election held since the devolved parliament was established in 1999. It was the first parliamentary electi ...

, Harris was selected to contest the Falkirk West constituency and was placed third on the Conservatives' Central region list, behind Margaret Mitchell MSP and Graham Simpson MSP. Margaret Mitchell was re-elected and both Simpson and Harris were elected to the Scottish Parliament for the first time on the Central region list. Harris was the Scottish Conservative spokesperson for taxation and financial sustainability. She was deputy convener of the Public Audit Committee.

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* 1965 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Scottish accountants British women accountants Conservative MSPs Members of the Scottish Parliament 2016–2021 Female members of the Scottish Parliament {{MSP-stub