1. Adam Tomkins was born on 28 June 1969 and is a British academic and politician who is the John Millar Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law.
11 Facts About Adam Tomkins
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Adam Tomkins was the Convener of the Justice Committee, having previously held the portfolio of strategy, communities, social security, the constitution and equalities.
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Adam Tomkins taught at the School of Law of King's College London between 1991 and 2000 and became a fellow at St Catherine's College, Oxford in 2000, before being elected to the John Millar Chair of Law at Glasgow in 2003.
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Adam Tomkins has published seven books in the areas of constitutional, administrative and European Union law, including two, Public Law and British Government and the Constitution, which are amongst the most widely used by law students in the United Kingdom.
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Adam Tomkins has held visiting appointments at the Universities of Toronto, Queensland and New South Wales and the Australian National University, and has lectured throughout the world.
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Adam Tomkins was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2014.
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Adam Tomkins has been appointed as unpaid adviser to Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell during the passage of the Scotland Bill through parliament.
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Adam Tomkins was elected a list member of the Scottish Parliament for the Glasgow Region in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
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Adam Tomkins previously sat on the Finance Committee and the Social Security Committee in the Scottish Parliament and then served as the Justice Committee convener.
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On 17 July 2020, Adam Tomkins released a statement announcing his intention to stand down as an MSP at the next election due in May 2021 for personal reasons related to work and family.
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In 2022, following the mini-budget of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng, Adam Tomkins said it was "inevitable" that the Conservatives would lose next election.