Michael Bruce Crockart was born on 19 March 1966 and is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician.
12 Facts About Mike Crockart
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Mike Crockart was the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West from 2010 to 2015.
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Mike Crockart was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Moore, Secretary of State for Scotland, but he quit in December 2010 to vote against the rise in tuition fees.
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Mike Crockart was educated at Perth High School and the University of Edinburgh where he studied social sciences.
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Mike Crockart worked as a policeman with Lothian and Borders Police for eight years before becoming a systems developer with Standard Life.
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Mike Crockart first challenged for elected office in 2002 when he came second in a by-election for the Balerno ward of the City of Edinburgh Council, coming second to the Conservatives.
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Mike Crockart stood for the same ward again the following year, increasing his share of the vote.
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Mike Crockart stood against city council housing leader Paul Edie, former Borders MSP Euan Robson and former Edinburgh Central Scottish Parliament candidate Siobhan Mathers.
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Mike Crockart was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Scottish Secretary Michael Moore.
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On 9 December 2010, Mike Crockart resigned as Michael Moore's PPS to vote against the government's proposed rise in tuition fees.
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In February 2015, Mike Crockart had sat on the select committee cross-examining Alan Bates and Paula Vennells.
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Satirical magazine Private Eye reported that "Mike Crockart was asking questions that weren't exactly unhelpful to Fujitsu's case".