14 Facts About Jeremy Purvis

Jeremy Purvis, Baron Purvis of Tweed was born on 15 January 1974 and is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician.

Jeremy Purvis was the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale from 2003 to 2011.

Jeremy Purvis is the leader of the Devo Plus cross-party group.

Jeremy Purvis was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, where he later attended school.

Jeremy Purvis studied Politics and Modern History at Brunel University in London, graduating in 1996.

On graduating, Purvis worked full-time for Sir David Steel in the House of Commons and then ran his office in the House of Lords.

Jeremy Purvis was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2003 aged 29, making him the youngest constituency MSP at the time.

Jeremy Purvis was the Scottish Liberal Democrat Finance Spokesman and then moved on to become Justice and Home Affairs spokesman.

Jeremy Purvis was re-elected in 2007 following a close campaign, with some of the media stating that the Scottish National Party candidate Christine Grahame would defeat him.

Jeremy Purvis's margin declined by 0.2 percentage points but increased by 65 votes; this discrepancy was due to a vast increase in turnout in the 2007 election.

Jeremy Purvis was defeated by Grahame in the 2011 election.

Jeremy Purvis was the Scottish Liberal Democrats Spokesman for the Economy and Finance.

Mr Jeremy Purvis wrote the Scottish Liberal Democrats 2011 Election Manifesto.

Jeremy Purvis was created a life peer on 13 September 2013 taking the title Baron Purvis of Tweed, of East March in the Scottish Borders.