16 Facts About Brian Monteith

Brian Monteith was born on 8 January 1958 and is a British politician, public relations consultant and commentator.

Brian Monteith was educated at Portobello High School and Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.

Brian Monteith was a member of the Federation of Conservative Students.

Brian Monteith organised a successful campaign to take Heriot-Watt out of the National Union of Students which they subsequently rejoined.

Later Brian Monteith set up Leith Communications public relations company in Edinburgh.

Brian Monteith went on to be the leader of the unsuccessful Think Twice "No-No" campaign in the 1997 Scottish devolution referendum which opposed the creation of the Scottish Parliament.

Brian Monteith was elected to the Scottish Parliament as a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party list member for the Mid Scotland and Fife region at the 1999 election.

Brian Monteith later argued in favour of giving more financial powers to the Scottish Parliament and wanted to move his party in a different direction ideologically and strategically.

In July 2005 Brian Monteith resigned though as the Finance Spokesperson, stating that he wanted the freedom to discuss policy matters that "cut across other policy portfolios".

In 2006 Brian Monteith announced he would not stand again as an MSP, saying he "would rather return to commerce than be a one-man band swimming against the treacly tide of collectivism in the Scottish Parliament".

Brian Monteith was elected as an MEP for the Brexit Party in the North East England constituency at the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom.

Brian Monteith later revealed that he would be relocating to the United Kingdom.

Brian Monteith is a former chairman of English-Speaking Union Scotland and has had two stints working for the Botswanan government.

Brian Monteith is an acquaintance of indicted American lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Brian Monteith is in the course of writing a second book and writes regularly for many newspapers including a regular opinion column for the Edinburgh Evening News.

Brian Monteith is well known for being a supporter of Hibernian.