John Corrie

John Corrie
Member of the European Parliament for West Midlands
In office 10 June 1999 – 10 June 2004
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Mike Nattrass
Personal details
Born	Scotland, United Kingdom
Political party	Conservative
Occupation	Politician

John Alexander Corrie (born 29 July 1935) is a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician and chief of Clan Corrie. He describes himself in Who's Who as a "consultant on African affairs and financial adviser to developing countries".

Corrie was educated at Kirkcudbright Academy, George Watson's College, Edinburgh and Lincoln Agricultural College, New Zealand. He is a farmer, and was the Nuffield Scholar in agriculture 1972/1973.

He was Chairman of the Young Unionists 1963–64.

Corrie contested North Lanarkshire in 1964 and Central Ayrshire in 1966. He was Member of Parliament for Bute and Northern Ayrshire from February 1974 to 1983, and for Cunninghame North from 1983 until the 1987 general election, when he lost his seat to the Labour Party candidate Brian Wilson. Although he stood in 1992 for Argyll and Bute, he was defeated and did not return to the Commons.

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