Liam McArthur

Liam McArthur MSP
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Orkney
Incumbent
Assumed office  3 May 2007
Preceded by	Jim Wallace
Majority	2,476 (28.6%)
Political party	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Spouse(s)	Tamsin McArthur

Liam McArthur is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Orkney. He was elected in the 2007 Parliament election to replace the retiring Jim Wallace, also a Liberal Democrat.

He was brought up on the Orkney Island of Sanday

McArthur had previously worked as an aide to Wallace in the House of Commons and as Special Adviser to the Deputy First Minister in 2002.

He is married to Tamsin and they have two sons, Calum and Tom.

Liam McArthur's Website can be found here.

v • d • e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Highlands and Islands region Elected in the 2007 election Constituency MSPs Jim Mather (SNP, Argyll and Bute) · Jamie Stone (Lib Dem, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) · Fergus Ewing (SNP, Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) · Richard Lochhead (SNP, Moray) · Liam McArthur (Lib Dem, Orkney) · John Farquhar Munro (Lib Dem, Ross, Skye and Inverness West) · Tavish Scott (Lib Dem, Shetland) · Alasdair Allan (SNP, Western Isles) Additional Members Rob Gibson (SNP) · Rhoda Grant (Lab) · Jamie McGrigor (Con) · Peter Peacock (Lab) · Mary Scanlon (Con) · David Stewart (Lab) · David Thompson (SNP) SNP (6 seats), Lib Dem (4 seats), Labour (3 seats), Conservative (2 seats)

External links

• Liam McArthur MSP official site
• Liam McArthur MSP official biography at the Scottish Parliament website
• Liam McArthur MSP profile at the site of Scottish Liberal Democrats

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