10 Facts About Jim Hume

Jim Hume MBA FRSA ARAgS HonAssoc BVA is a former Scottish Liberal Democrat politician.

Jim Hume was a Member of the Scottish Parliament of the South of Scotland region from May 2007 to March 2016.

Jim Hume was active during the Foot-and-mouth crisis of 2001.

Jim Hume was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent the South of Scotland region at the 2007 general election, making him the first Liberal Democrat MSP in the region since the Scottish Parliament was created in 1999.

Jim Hume was elected councillor of the Galashiels and District region of Scottish Borders Council on the same night.

Jim Hume was Scottish Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Housing and Health.

Jim Hume sat on the Scottish Parliament's Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee, and was the committee's EU Reporter.

Jim Hume was the Scottish Liberal Democrat Deputy Whip and a member of the European Committee of Regions.

In December 2014, Jim Hume successfully introduced a Member's Bill in the Scottish Parliament, the Smoking Prohibition Bill.

In October 2015, Jim Hume called on Health Secretary Shona Robison to review support provided for gender identity clinics after new figures revealed that the average waiting time for a first appointment at two of Scotland's GICs was more than a year.