1. David Jackson Carlaw was born on 12 April 1959 and is a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from February to July 2020, having acted in the position since August 2019.
34 Facts About Jackson Carlaw
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Jackson Carlaw previously served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2011 to 2019.
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Jackson Carlaw has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament since 2007, first as an additional member for the West Scotland region and later for the Eastwood constituency since 2016.
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Jackson Carlaw was made Scottish Conservative Spokesperson for Health and Sport.
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Jackson Carlaw was elected to the constituency of Eastwood in 2016, which had contested previously in 2003,2007, and 2011, and following the election was made Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Europe and External Affairs and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Tourism.
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Jackson Carlaw served as acting Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from September 2018 to May 2019 during Ruth Davidson's maternity leave and from August 2019 to February 2020 following Davidson's resignation as leader.
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Jackson Carlaw was elected Scottish Conservative leader in the February 2020 leadership election, winning more than three-quarters of votes from party members.
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Jackson Carlaw resigned the leadership in July 2020, stating he was not the person best placed to lead the party into the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
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Jackson Carlaw was raised in Newton Mearns and privately educated at The Glasgow Academy.
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Jackson Carlaw worked for 25 years as a car salesman and was joint head of FirstFord car dealership in the west of Scotland until it was placed into receivership in November 2002.
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Jackson Carlaw was a director of Wylies automotive services until it went into administration in February 2003.
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Jackson Carlaw was the Conservative candidate in the 1982 Queen's Park by-election, and in the 1983 general election in Glasgow Pollok.
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Jackson Carlaw was Chairman of the Scottish Young Conservatives from 1984 to 1986, Chairman of Eastwood Conservatives from 1988 to 1992, and was Deputy Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives from 1992 to 1998.
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Jackson Carlaw was reappointed Deputy Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives in 2005.
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Jackson Carlaw was unsuccessful as a candidate for Eastwood in the 2003,2007, and 2011 Scottish Parliament elections.
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Jackson Carlaw was elected on the party list under Scotland's additional member system in 2007 and 2011, representing the West of Scotland region.
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Jackson Carlaw sat on the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee of the Scottish Parliament until mid-2018.
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In 2011, Jackson Carlaw stood as a candidate in the leadership election brought on by Annabel Goldie's resignation.
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Jackson Carlaw was appointed as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party and Scottish Conservative Spokesperson for Health and Sport by Davidson following her victory.
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Jackson Carlaw became MSP for Eastwood in 2016, after defeating the incumbent Ken Macintosh.
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Jackson Carlaw was re-appointed as of 28 June 2017 as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Europe and External Affairs and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Tourism.
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In February 2017, Jackson Carlaw was appointed Deputy Convener of the Cross Party Group on End-of-life Choices.
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Jackson Carlaw pledged the Scottish Conservatives would not allow for a further referendum until the Scottish public showed clear support.
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Jackson Carlaw served as acting leader of the Scottish Conservatives while leader Ruth Davidson was on maternity leave from September 2018 until May 2019.
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Jackson Carlaw was the incumbent when Johnson called the 2019 general election, in which the party lost seven of their 13 seats from 2017.
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On 6 January 2020, Jackson Carlaw confirmed his candidacy for the February 2020 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election and launched his campaign in Edinburgh on 15 January.
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Jackson Carlaw received support from Ruth Davidson, Murdo Fraser, Adam Tomkins, Liz Smith, Annie Wells and Jamie Greene.
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Jackson Carlaw centred his campaign around how he could beat Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP in the next Scottish Parliament election and the local elections in 2022.
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Jackson Carlaw promised to make the Scottish Conservatives more for the middle and working classes and continue to maintain the Scottish Conservatives as the main party of the Union.
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Jackson Carlaw won the election with 4,917 votes in his favour, as opposed to 1,581 for Ballantyne.
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Jackson Carlaw promised to provide a "clear, focused and ambitious alternative to the SNP".
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Jackson Carlaw initially supported the position of Boris Johnson to stick by Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings after alleged lockdown breaches but withdrew his support following criticism from leading figures in the Scottish party.
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On 30 July 2020, Jackson Carlaw announced his resignation as Leader of the Scottish Conservatives, stating he had reached the "simple if painful conclusion" he was not "the person best placed" to lead the party into the next Scottish Parliament election, in 2021.
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In December 2022, Jackson Carlaw was found to have breached the MSP code of conduct by not declaring a paid trip to Israel that was funded by the Israeli Embassy.