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Sheila Ritchie

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Sheila Ewan Ritchie MBE (born 18 May 1957) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and solicitor, who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Scotland constituency from 2019 to 2020.[1][2]

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Career

She is a retired Solicitor of an Aberdeen law firm, and was formerly a Councillor and the leader of Gordon District Council.[3][4]

She was a Scottish Government appointee to the European Economic and Social Committee between 2000 and 2003.[5]

She is a Trustee of the sustainable land development non-profit, The Macaulay Development Trust,[6]the arts-based charity for care-experienced young people, Articulate Cultural Trust, and Aberdeen community charity Celebrate Aberdeen.

Member of the European Parliament

Ritchie was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for the Scotland constituency in the 2019 European Parliament election. As a Liberal Democrat, she sat with Renew Europe group. From July 2019, she was a member of the European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control and the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.[7] She served as an MEP until the 31 January 2020, when the Brexit process was completed.

Post 2020

Ritchie stood in Moray at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election[8] and was also the fifth candidate on the list vote for the Highlands and Islands region.[9]

Ritchie was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for political service in Scotland.[10]

Ritchie was appointed as a Commissioner for the Electoral Commission in February 2024.

References

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    "The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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    "SNP to increase its MEPs as Labour collapses". BBC News. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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    "Sheila Ritchie heads Scottish European list". Liberal Democrat Voice. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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    Davidson, Jenni (18 April 2019). "Scottish Lib Dems announce candidates for European Parliament election". Holyrood Magazine. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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    "Sheila Richie MEP". Scottish Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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    "Governance of The Macaulay Development Trust". The Macaulay Development Trust. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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    "Sheila RITCHIE - 9th parliamentary term". European Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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    "Scottish election 2021: Ten seats to watch". BBC News. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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    "Scottish Parliament election 2021: Highlands and Islands regional candidates". BBC News. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  10. [10]
    "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N23.

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