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Scottish Politician of the Year is an annual award established in 1999. It is currently sponsored by The Herald newspaper and the alcoholic beverage company Diageo.

Not all of the subsidiary awards are handed out every year.

The awards ceremony has been held at the Royal Museum and the Prestonfield House Hotel in Edinburgh. At the 2004 ceremony - held at the Prestonfield - former Labour MSP and life peer Mike Watson, set fire to a curtain, and was subsequently convicted of wilful fire raising. <ref>BBC News, Fire-raising peer sent to prison, 22 September 2005 </ref>

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[edit] Winners

[edit] Main award: Scottish Politician of the Year

2006: Andy Kerr MSP, Labour, Minister for Health and Community Care
2005: George Reid MSP, Scottish National Party, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
2004: Margaret Curran MSP, Labour, Minister for Communities
2003: George Reid MSP, Scottish National Party, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
2002: Malcolm Chisholm MSP, Labour, Minister for Health and Community Care
2001: Jack McConnell MSP, Labour, First Minister of Scotland
2000: Jim Wallace MSP, MP, Liberal Democrats, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
1999: Donald Dewar MSP, MP, Labour, First Minister of Scotland

[edit] Best Scot at Westminster

2006: Angus MacNeil MP, Scottish National Party
2005: Des Browne MP, Labour
2004: Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Liberal Democrats
2003: Robin Cook MP, Labour
2002: Alistair Darling MP, Labour
2001: Dr John Reid MP, Labour
2000: Dr Gordon Brown MP, Labour
1999: Dr Gordon Brown MP, Labour

[edit] Committee/Committee Member(s) of the Year

2006: Justice 1 Committee
2005: Finance Committee
2004: Des McNulty MSP, Labour
2003: John McAllion MSP and Michael McMahon MSP, both Labour, Petitions Committee
2002: Mike Rumbles MSP, Liberal Democrats
2001: John McAllion MSP, Labour
2000: Gordon Jackson MSP, Labour
1999: no award

[edit] Debater of the Year, since 2001 renamed Donald Dewar Debater of the Year

2006: Tavish Scott MSP, Liberal Democrats
2005: Alex Neil MSP, Scottish National Party
2004: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Scottish National Party
2003: David McLetchie MSP, Conservative and Unionist
2002: David McLetchie MSP, Conservative and Unionist
2001: Tommy Sheridan MSP, Scottish Socialist Party
2000: Mike Russell MSP, Scottish National Party
1999: Frank McAveety MSP, Labour

[edit] Free Spirit/Maverick of the Year

2006: Karen Gillon MSP, Labour
2005: Brian Monteith MSP, Independent
2004: Kenny MacAskill MSP, Scottish National Party
2003: John Farquhar Munro MSP, Liberal Democrats
2002: Elaine Smith MSP, Labour
2001: Donald Gorrie MSP, Liberal Democrats
2000: Margo MacDonald MSP, Scottish National Party
1999: no award

[edit] Johnnie Walker Award for Progress/One to Watch

2006: Parliamentary group of 7 Scottish Green Party MSPs
2005: Wendy Alexander MSP, Labour
2004: Patrick Harvie MSP, Green
2003: Rosie Kane MSP, Scottish Socialist Party
2002: no award
2001: Christine Grahame MSP, Scottish National Party
2000: Tavish Scott MSP, Liberal Democrats
1999: Tricia Marwick MSP, Scottish National Party

[edit] Lifetime Achievement Award/Outstanding Political Achievement

2006: no award
2005: Robin Cook MP, Labour (posthumous award)
2004: Tam Dalyell MP, Labour
2003: no award
2002: Winnie Ewing MSP, Scottish National Party
2001: Sir David Steel MSP, Liberal Democrats
2000: Alex Salmond MSP, MP Scottish National Party
1999: no award

[edit] Public Campaign/Campaigner of the Year

2006: Campaign to block the deportation of Sakchai Makao to Thailand
2005: Glasgow Girls, a group of young women who highlighted the situation of asylum seekers
2004: Özlem and David Grimason, the parents of a baby - Alistair Grimason - killed by gunfire in Turkey: campaigned for a change in Turkish gun laws
2003: Margo MacDonald MSP, Independent
2002: Margo MacDonald MSP, Scottish National Party
2001: no award
2000: no award
1999: no award

[edit] Scottish Euro MP of the Year

2006: no award
2005: no award
2004: no award
2003: Prof Sir Neil MacCormick MEP, Scottish National Party
2002: Prof Sir Neil MacCormick MEP, Scottish National Party
2001: David Martin MEP, Labour
2000: Prof Sir Neil MacCormick MEP, Scottish National Party
1999: no award

[edit] Election Performance of the Year (2003 only)

Scottish Green Party

[edit] Front Bencher of the Year (1999 only)

Susan Deacon MSP, Labour

[edit] Back Bencher of the Year (1999 only)

Donald Gorrie MSP, Liberal Democrats

[edit] Reference

Scottish Politician of the Year awards, The Herald

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