Scott Arthur is a British academic and politician who has been Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West since 2024.
Scott Arthur | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Joanna Cherry |
| Majority | 6,217 (13.6%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
Academic career
editIn July 2024, Arthur was a professor in the Institute for Infrastructure & Environment at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University.[1]
Arthur has been a co-editor of multiple books covering the International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering.[2][3]
Political career
editCouncillor
editArthur was elected councillor for the Colinton/Fairmilehead at the 2017 City of Edinburgh Council election as a member of the Labour Party.[4]
In May 2022, Arthur was appointed the transport and environment convener in the Labour Party's minority administration of the City of Edinburgh Council. He said at the time that the position would be interim and he would be standing down in October of that year following a council reshuffle.[5]
Member of Parliament
editIn July 2024, Arthur was elected Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West. Beating the incumbent Scottish National Party candidate Joanna Cherry by 6,217 votes.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Institute for Infrastructure & Environment". Heriot-Watt Research Portal. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Advances in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. Vol. 184. 2022. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-5547-0. ISBN 978-981-16-5546-3. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. Vol. 368. 2024. doi:10.1007/978-981-99-3826-1. ISBN 978-981-99-3825-4. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Local Government Election results 2017". The City of Edinburgh Council. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Johnstone, Neil (27 May 2022). "Edinburgh council: Interim transport convener Scott Arthur of Labour vows to deliver where previous administration failed". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Brown, Angie (5 July 2024). "Joanna Cherry loses seat as SNP suffers Edinburgh defeats". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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