Alex Cole-Hamilton Parents: Meet Elizabeth and Dr. David John Cole-Hamilton

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Cole-Hamilton ran as a Lib Dem candidate in vain for a number of seats, including Kirkcaldy in the 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath in the 2005 general election, Stirling in 2007 and Edinburgh Central in 2011.

Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats and deputy prime minister, used Cole-Hamilton in his departure speech following the 2015 general election.

For the Edinburgh Western constituency, Cole-Hamilton won an election to the Scottish Parliament in May 2016. He was appointed the Scottish Liberal Democrats’ spokeswoman on health after the election.

In 2018, Cole-Hamilton was successful in getting the Scottish Government to rectify a funding reduction that would have bankrupted HIV Scotland.

When the first Coronavirus Act was being debated in the legislature in 2020, Cole-Hamilton proposed amendments that ultimately resulted in the government abandoning its plans to end jury trials in Scotland during the emergency.

He served on the Committee on the Scottish Government’s Handling of Harassment Complaints Against Former First Minister Alex Salmond from 2019 to March 2021.

After being caught swearing at Minister for Children and Young People Maree Todd during an online committee hearing in February 2021, Cole-Hamilton was compelled to apologize.

In addition to officially apologizing in the Holyrood Chamber the next week, he wrote Todd an apologetic letter.

The most votes have ever been cast for a single candidate in a Scottish Parliament election, Cole-Hamilton received 25,578 during the 2021 election. By 9,885 votes, he defeated Sarah Masson of the SNP, who finished in second place.

Cole-Hamilton said on July 27, 2021, that he will run for the leadership of the Scottish Liberal Democrats to succeed Willie Rennie.

On August 20, 2021, he was elected with no opposition and entered office the same day. The number of councilors climbed by 20 to 87 under his leadership, and the vote share increased to 8.7%.

His campaigns has placed a priority on long-term care, addressing the climate problem, and helping Ukrainian refugees.

His campaigns have placed a priority on long-term care, addressing the climate problem, and helping Ukrainian refugees.

Following his outspoken condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and his efforts to draw attention to Russian influence in Scotland, he received a penalty from the Kremlin in August 2022.