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- John_Swinney abstract "John Ramsey Swinney (born 13 April 1964) is the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth in the Scottish Government and the Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Perthshire North, having previously represented North Tayside (1999–2011). Perthshire North takes in Highland and East Perthshire, the Carse of Gowrie and the Perth City Centre ward of Perth and Kinross Council. He joined the Scottish National Party in 1979 at the age of 15 and has held a number of posts within the party at local and national level, including National Secretary, Vice Convener for Publicity and Deputy Leader. In 2000, Swinney was elected Leader (or National Convenor) of the SNP, becoming Leader of the Opposition in the Scottish Parliament. He stood down as SNP leader in 2004 and became Convener of the Scottish Parliament's European and External Relations Committee.Swinney was previously a Member of Parliament (MP) for Tayside North in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, before taking the same seat in the Scottish Parliament's 1999, 2003 and 2007 elections. In 2007 he achieved the largest constituency vote for any candidate in Scotland. At the election in May 2011, he was re-elected with 18,219 votes, and a majority of 10,353. Swinney's vote was the second highest in Scotland, second only to the First Minister, Alex Salmond MSP.Born in Edinburgh, Swinney was educated at Forrester High School and the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1986 as a Master of Arts with Honours in Politics. Prior to his election to the UK Parliament in 1997, Swinney was employed as Strategic Planning Principal with Scottish Amicable and was a business and economic development consultant for five years. Swinney is married and has three children. Also has a brother David who works in Education.".
- John_Swinney activeYearsEndDate "2001-06-07".
- John_Swinney activeYearsEndDate "2004-09-03".
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- John_Swinney activeYearsStartDate "2000-09-26".
- John_Swinney activeYearsStartDate "2007-05-17".
- John_Swinney activeYearsStartDate "2011-05-06".
- John_Swinney almaMater University_of_Edinburgh.
- John_Swinney birthDate "1964-04-13".
- John_Swinney birthPlace Edinburgh.
- John_Swinney birthYear "1964".
- John_Swinney electionMajority "10353".
- John_Swinney electionMajority "4160".
- John_Swinney office "Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth".
- John_Swinney office "Leader of the Scottish National Party".
- John_Swinney party Scottish_National_Party.
- John_Swinney region North_Tayside_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- John_Swinney region North_Tayside_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- John_Swinney region Perthshire_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- John_Swinney religion Church_of_Scotland.
- John_Swinney successor Alex_Salmond.
- John_Swinney successor Pete_Wishart.
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- John_Swinney birthDate "1964-04-13".
- John_Swinney birthPlace "Edinburgh, Scotland".
- John_Swinney constituencyMp North_Tayside_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- John_Swinney constituencyMp Perthshire_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- John_Swinney constituencyMp "(North Tayside 1999-2011 )".
- John_Swinney dateOfBirth "1964-04-13".
- John_Swinney firstminister Alex_Salmond.
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- John_Swinney name "John Swinney".
- John_Swinney name "Swinney, John".
- John_Swinney nationality "Scottish".
- John_Swinney office Cabinet_Secretary_for_Finance,_Employment_and_Sustainable_Growth.
- John_Swinney office Scottish_National_Party.
- John_Swinney parliament "Parliament of the United KingdomUK".
- John_Swinney parliament "Scottish".
- John_Swinney party Scottish_National_Party.
- John_Swinney placeOfBirth "Edinburgh, Scotland".
- John_Swinney predecessor Alex_Salmond.
- John_Swinney predecessor Bill_Walker_(Scottish_Conservative_politician).
- John_Swinney predecessor Tom_McCabe.
- John_Swinney predecessor "Constituency created".
- John_Swinney religion Church_of_Scotland.
- John_Swinney shortDescription "British politician".
- John_Swinney start "1999".
- John_Swinney successor Alex_Salmond.
- John_Swinney successor Pete_Wishart.
- John_Swinney successor "Incumbent".
- John_Swinney termEnd "2001-06-07".
- John_Swinney termEnd "2004-09-03".
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- John_Swinney termStart "2007-05-17".
- John_Swinney termStart "2011-05-06".
- John_Swinney title Scottish_National_Party.
- John_Swinney title "Member of Parliament for North Tayside".
- John_Swinney title "Member of the Scottish Parliament for Perthshire North".
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- John_Swinney years "1997".
- John_Swinney years "1998".
- John_Swinney years "2000".
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- John_Swinney subject Category:Finance_ministers_of_Scotland.
- John_Swinney subject Category:Leaders_of_the_Scottish_National_Party.
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- John_Swinney subject Category:Members_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_1999–2003.
- John_Swinney subject Category:Members_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_2003–07.
- John_Swinney subject Category:Members_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_2007–11.
- John_Swinney subject Category:Members_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_2011–.
- John_Swinney subject Category:Members_of_the_United_Kingdom_Parliament_for_Scottish_constituencies.
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