Jim Eadie | |
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| Member of the Scottish Parliament forEdinburgh Southern | |
| In office 7 May 2011 – 23 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Pringle |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Johnson |
| Majority | 693 (2.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1968-02-10)10 February 1968 (age 57) Glasgow, Scotland |
| Political party | Alba Party (from 2021) |
| Other political affiliations | Scottish National Party (until 2021) |
| Residence | Edinburgh |
| Alma mater | University of Strathclyde |
Jim Eadie (born 10 February 1968) is aScottish politician who was theScottish National Party (SNP)Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for theEdinburgh Southern constituency from2011 to2016. In 2021, he left the SNP and joined theAlba Party.
Eadie was born on 10 February 1968 inGlasgow, Scotland.[1][2] He was educated at Waverley Secondary School (Drumchapel) and theUniversity of Strathclyde.[2]
Eadie worked for theRoyal College of Nursing andScottish Television, before becoming head of the Scottish branch of theAssociation of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) in 2002.[2] He left the ABPI in 2007 to start a healthcare consulting business.[2][3]
Eadie contested the seat ofEdinburgh Southern in the2011 Scottish Parliament election, and defeated the Liberal Democrat incumbentMike Pringle by a narrow margin of 693 votes.[4][5] In the same election, he was the eleventh list candidate for the SNP in theLothian region.
Eadie was one of sevenLGBT MSPs during the 4th Scottish Parliament.[6]
He was Convener of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee 2014–16.[7]
He stood again in the Edinburgh Southern seat in2016, but lost his seat toDaniel Johnson ofScottish Labour.
He was selected to stand in theEdinburgh South constituency at the2017 United Kingdom general election.[8] He finished second toIan Murray, theLabour incumbent.
Ahead of the2021 Scottish Parliament election, Eadie left the SNP and joined theAlba Party.[9]He was nominated as the third-placed candidate on the Alba list in theMid Scotland and Fife region.[10][11] However, Alba failed to win any seats, having just polled 5,893 votes (1.7%) in that region alone.[12]
At the2024 general election, Eadie ran as Alba's candidate for the newly-createdRutherglen constituency, finishing seventh with 497 votes (1.2%).[13]
