Keith Harding (born 1938) is a
Scottish politician. He was a
Conservative
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and
Unionist Member of the Scottish Parliament
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP; gd, Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, BPA; sco, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament, MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.
Electoral system
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(MSP) for
Mid Scotland and Fife from 1999 to 2003.
He was leader of
Stirling Council
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from 1991 to 1995. After being elected to
Holyrood he was the Conservative spokesman on
local government
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and housing.
Prior to the
2003 election he was moved from first to fifth place on the Conservative's list for
Mid Scotland and Fife. After parliament was dissolved he defected to the newly formed
Scottish People's Alliance.
He subsequently fought
Stirling
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for the SPA but came in a poor sixth place with only 642 votes (2.2%).
He was a member of the national policy committee of the
New Party, the successor to the SPA.
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1938 births
Living people
Conservative MSPs
Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003
Scottish Conservative Party councillors
Councillors in Fife
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