Ian Hudghton

Who is Ian Hudghton?

Ian Stewart Hudghton is a Scottish politician, and has been a Scottish National Party Member of the European Parliament for Scotland since 1998, when he won his seat in a rare European Parliamentary by-election, after the death of sitting SNP MEP Allan Macartney.

Since the 2004 European elections, he has led the currently seven-strong European Free Alliance Group in the Parliament, which retains its own identity within the joint Green-European Free Alliance Group.

He is a member of the Fisheries, Internal Market and Consumer Protection, and Transport and Tourism committees.

Before becoming an MEP he had been a successful election agent for John Swinney and Allan Macartney, a District and Regional Councillor and the first elected leader of the unitary Angus Council after its foundation in 1995/6.

In September 2005 Hudghton was elected as President of the SNP, following the retirement of Winnie Ewing.