Richard Simpson (politician)
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Dr. Richard Simpson |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife |
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In office 3 May 2007 – 23 March 2016 |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Ochil |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | George Reid |
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22 October 1942 Edinburgh |
| Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Christine Simpson |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
| Religion | Church of Scotland |
| Website | www |
Richard John Simpson (born 1942 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish Labour politician, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Ochil constituency from 1999 to 2003 and a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Mid-Scotland and Fife region from 2007 until 2016. He is a member of Unite.
Simpson was educated at Perth Academy, Trinity College Glenalmond, and the University of Edinburgh.
A GP and psychiatrist prior to his election, Dr Simpson is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He was also a former associate member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons and a member of the faculty's working group on Prostate Cancer.
He was a founding member and Chair of the Strathcarron Hospice, Denny.
Between 2003 and 2007 he worked within Addiction medicine, first within Glasgow then as Consultant Psychiatrist in charge of the Drug Addiction Team of West Lothian.
Simpson is the current Deputy Party Spokesperson on Health for the Labour Party. In the 2007 parliament he was the Labour lead on the Health and Wellbeing Committee and also Co-Convener of the Cross-Party Groups in the Scottish Parliament on Drug and Alcohol Misuse and on Mental Health, and a Member of the Cross-Party Groups in the Scottish Parliament on Epilepsy, Golf, Palestine, Tobacco Control and Visual Impairment.
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