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Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
Incumbents
- Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
- Prime MinisterPrime Minister of the United KingdomThe Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
- Gordon BrownGordon BrownJames Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
(to 11 May 2010). David CameronDavid CameronDavid William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....
(from 11 May 2010). - First MinisterFirst Minister of ScotlandThe First Minister of Scotland is the political leader of Scotland and head of the Scottish Government. The First Minister chairs the Scottish Cabinet and is primarily responsible for the formulation, development and presentation of Scottish Government policy...
and Keeper of the Great Seal - Alex SalmondAlex SalmondAlexander Elliot Anderson "Alex" Salmond MSP is a Scottish politician and current First Minister of Scotland. He became Scotland's fourth First Minister in May 2007. He is the Leader of the Scottish National Party , having served as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Gordon...
(since 16 May 2007) - Secretary of StateSecretary of State for ScotlandThe Secretary of State for Scotland is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Scotland. He heads the Scotland Office , a government department based in London and Edinburgh. The post was created soon after the Union of the Crowns, but was...
- Jim MurphyJim MurphyJames Francis "Jim" Murphy is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire....
(to 11 May 2010), Danny AlexanderDanny AlexanderDaniel Grian Alexander is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Chief Secretary to the Treasury since 2010. He has been the Member of Parliament for the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey constituency since 2005....
(11 May 2010 – 29 May 2010), Michael Moore (29 May -).
January
- 5 January - Scotland as well as most of the UK is deluged by some of the heaviest snowSnowSnow is a form of precipitation within the Earth's atmosphere in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by...
in thirty years, causing widespread transport problems and school closures.
April
- 20 April - To correspond with the first ever televised leader's debates in the UK, leaders of the main political parties in Scotland including the Scottish Labour PartyScottish Labour PartyThe Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....
, Scottish Conservative Party, the Scottish Liberal DemocratsScottish Liberal DemocratsThe Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the federal Liberal Democrats; the others being the Welsh Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England...
and the Scottish National PartyScottish National PartyThe Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
will hold a televised debate, broadcast on ITV1ITV1ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
.
May
- 4 May - An ash cloud emitted from the Icelandic volcano EyjafjallajökullEyjafjallajökullEyjafjallajökull is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, situated to the north of Skógar and to the west of Mýrdalsjökull. The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano with a summit elevation of . The volcano has erupted relatively frequently since the last glacial period, most recently in...
causes most Scottish and Northern EuropeNorthern EuropeNorthern Europe is the northern part or region of Europe. Northern Europe typically refers to the seven countries in the northern part of the European subcontinent which includes Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland and Sweden...
an airports to be closed until further notice. - 6 May - United Kingdom general election: Labour maintains a stronghold in Scotland with 41 out of 59 Scottish WestminsterWestminsterWestminster is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross...
seats. The Liberal DemocratsScottish Liberal DemocratsThe Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the federal Liberal Democrats; the others being the Welsh Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England...
achieve 11 seats, the Scottish National PartyScottish National PartyThe Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
achieve 6 seats and the Conservative Party maintain their single Scottish seatDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency)Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south of Scotland, within the Dumfries and Galloway, South Lanarkshire and Scottish Borders council areas... - 15 May -
- Newly appointed British Prime Minister David CameronDavid CameronDavid William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....
travels to Scotland for talks with First Minister Alex SalmondAlex SalmondAlexander Elliot Anderson "Alex" Salmond MSP is a Scottish politician and current First Minister of Scotland. He became Scotland's fourth First Minister in May 2007. He is the Leader of the Scottish National Party , having served as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Gordon...
. Both later agree that the talks were 'productive' and it was agreed that Cameron would address the Scottish ParliamentScottish ParliamentThe Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
once every year and in return, MSPMember of the Scottish ParliamentMember of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...
's could address Commons' committees in WestminsterParliament of the United KingdomThe Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
. - Dundee United F.C.Dundee United F.C.Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...
win the Scottish CupScottish CupThe Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
with a 3-0 victory over Ross CountyRoss County F.C.Ross County Football Club are a Scottish professional football team from the town of Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty. Founded in 1929 they currently compete in the Scottish Football League First Division and play their home matches at Victoria Park. Prior to the 1994–95 season they played in the...
at Hampden ParkHampden ParkHampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
.
- Newly appointed British Prime Minister David Cameron
- 29 May - Following the resignation of the Chief Secretary of the Treasury David LawsDavid LawsDavid Anthony Laws is a British politician. He is Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Yeovil and former Chief Secretary to the Treasury....
, the incumbent Liberal Democrat Scottish Secretary, Danny AlexanderDanny AlexanderDaniel Grian Alexander is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Chief Secretary to the Treasury since 2010. He has been the Member of Parliament for the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey constituency since 2005....
, assumes his position and the deputy leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Michael MooreMichael Moore (UK politician)Michael Kevin Moore is a British Liberal Democrat politician, currently the Secretary of State for Scotland in the UK coalition government, and the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk....
, becomes the new Scottish secretary.
June
- 8 June - Eight injured after a train derails in ArgyllArgyllArgyll , archaically Argyle , is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part of ancient Dál Riata that was located on the island of Great Britain, and in a historical context can be used to mean the entire western coast between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath...
. - 10 June - A man dies after being shot outside his home in LanarkshireLanarkshireLanarkshire or the County of Lanark ) is a Lieutenancy area, registration county and former local government county in the central Lowlands of Scotland...
.
July
- 2 July - Supporters of Stirling Albion F.C.Stirling Albion F.C.Stirling Albion F.C. are a Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish Second Division. The club are nicknamed The Binos . They play at Doubletree Dunblane Stadium in Stirling, on the outskirts of the city near the River Forth...
become the first in the UK to take over ownership of their club.
September
- 16 September - Pope Benedict XVIPope Benedict XVIBenedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...
begins his four-day UK visit starting in Scotland.
December
- 11 December - Scottish Transport Minister Stewart StevensonStewart StevensonStewart Stevenson is a Scottish politician who became a member of the Scottish Parliament in 2001....
resigns amid criticism of his handling of transport chaos brought on by recent heavy snow in Scotland. - 12 December - Keith BrownKeith Brown (politician)Keith Brown is a Scottish politician and currently the Minister for Housing and Transport in the Scottish Government. As a member of the Scottish National Party , he was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent the Ochil constituency at the 2007 election...
is appointed as Scottish Transport Minister following yesterday's resignation of Stewart Stevenson. - 13 December - Major supermarkets and online stores stop taking orders in Scotland in the run up to Christmas, because of a backlog of deliveries caused by the adverse weather conditions.
- 16 December - The Scottish Government rules out re-introducing tuition fees for Scottish university students, but students from other parts of the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
attending university in Scotland may face fees of £6,000. - 23 December - Former MSP Tommy SheridanTommy SheridanTommy Sheridan is a Scottish socialist politician. He has had various prominent roles within the socialist movement in Scotland and is currently one of two co-convenors of the left-wing Scottish political party Solidarity....
is convicted of perjury following a twelve week trial.
Deaths
- 2 January - David R. Ross, Historian (born 1958)
- 7 January - Alex ParkerAlex ParkerAlexander "Alex" Hershaw Parker was a Scottish football player and manager who played for Falkirk, Everton and Scotland, amongst others. Parker was named in Falkirk's Team of the Millennium and Everton's Hall of Fame....
, Football player and manager (born 1935) - 19 January - Bill McLarenBill McLarenWilliam Pollock "Bill" McLaren CBE was a Scottish rugby union commentator, teacher, journalist and one time rugby player. Until his retirement in 2002, he was known as 'the voice of rugby'...
, Rugby union commentator (born 1923) - 25 January - Bill RitchieBill RitchieBill Ritchie was a Scottish cartoonist. He is known for work on comics published by D. C. Thomson.-Biography:...
, Cartoonist (born 1931) - 28 January - Alistair HulettAlistair HulettAlistair Hulett, was a Scottish acoustic folk singer and revolutionary socialist, best known as the singer of the folk punk band, Roaring Jack.-Early life:...
, Acoustic folk singer (born 1951) - 13 February - Jock FergusonJock Ferguson (Australian politician)John Kilday "Jock" Ferguson was a Scottish-born Australian politician.Quotes - "May we all see the day when the unity of the community and the workers become so strong that we see the end of unemployment and poverty in the midst of plenty , and it is replaced by a just and equitable that ensures a...
, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician (born 1946) - 22 February - Bobby SmithBobby Smith (Scottish footballer)Bobby Smith was a Scottish association football player, who played most prominently for Hibernian and Leicester City. Smith was primarily a midfielder, but could also play at full back...
, Footballer (born 1953) - 28 February - Adam BlacklawAdam BlacklawAdam Smith Blacklaw was a Scottish professional football player who played as a goalkeeper.Blacklaw joined the Burnley ground staff as a schoolboy apprentice in 1954, directly from Frederick Street School in Aberdeen, earning a professional contract in October of that year...
, Footballer (born 1937) - 11 March - Willie MacFarlaneWillie MacFarlane (footballer)Willie MacFarlane was a Scottish football player and manager, most notable for playing for and managing Hibernian.-Early life and playing career:...
, Football player and manager (born 1930) - 12 March - Hugh RobertsonHugh Robertson (footballer born 1939)Hugh Robertson was a Scottish association football player and manager. He played as a winger for the Dundee team that won the Scottish league championship in 1962, and the Dunfermline side that won the 1968 Scottish Cup...
, Footballer (born 1939) - 18 March - William WolfeWilliam WolfeWilliam Cuthbertson "Billy" Wolfe was the leader of the Scottish National Party from 1969 to 1979...
, Chairman of the Scottish National Party (1969–1979) (born 1924) - 22 March - James W. BlackJames W. BlackSir James Whyte Black, OM, FRS, FRSE, FRCP was a Scottish doctor and pharmacologist. He spent his career both as researcher and as an academic at several universities. Black established the physiology department at the University of Glasgow, where he became interested in the effects of adrenaline...
, Pharmacologist who won the 1988 Nobel prize in medicine (born 1924) - 28 March - David Carnegie, 14th Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 14th Earl of NortheskDavid John MacRae Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk was a British hereditary peer, landowner and member of the House of Lords.David Carnegie was the son of Robert, the 13th Earl , and Jean Margaret MacRae...
, Member of the House of Lords (born 1954) - 1 April - Morag BeatonMorag BeatonMorag Beaton was a Scottish-Australian dramatic soprano who established her reputation as Turandot, a role she sang in Australia more than any other soprano to date. She also sang Tatiana , Venus , Abigaille , Eboli Santuzza and many other roles...
, Opera singer (born 1926) - 9 April - Kenneth McKellarKenneth McKellar (singer)Kenneth McKellar was a Scottish tenor.-Career:McKellar studied forestry at the University of Aberdeen, after graduation working for the Scottish Forestry Commission. He later trained at the Royal College of Music as an opera singer...
, Tenor (born 1927) - 19 April - Tom Fleming, Actor (born 1927)
- 21 April - Sammy BairdSammy BairdStuart Samuel "Sammy" Baird was a Scottish football player and manager.-Career:During his playing career he played for Clyde, Preston North End, Rangers, Hibernian, Third Lanark and Stirling Albion...
, Football player (born 1930) - 1 June - John HagartJohn HagartJohn Hagart was a Scottish football player and manager. He bossed Scottish sides Hearts and Falkirk during the later 1970s and early 1980s....
, Football player and manager (born 1937) - 21 June - Tam WhiteTam WhiteTam White was a Scottish musician, stonemason and actor.-Biography:Born Thomas Bennett Sim White in Edinburgh, Scotland, White was primarily known as a blues vocalist with a trademark gravel-voiced voice. In the 1960s he recorded with beat groups The Boston Dexters and then The Buzz, who recorded...
, Musician and actor (born 1942) - 10 August - Jimmy ReidJimmy ReidJames "Jimmy" Reid was a Scottish trade union activist, orator, politician, and journalist born in Govan, Glasgow. His role as spokesman and one of the leaders in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-in between June 1971 and October 1972 attracted international recognition...
, Trade Unionist activist (born 1932) - 16 August - Bobby ThomsonBobby ThomsonRobert Brown "Bobby" Thomson was a Scottish-born American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "The Staten Island Scot", he was an outfielder and right-handed batter for the New York Giants , Milwaukee Braves , Chicago Cubs , Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles .His season-ending three-run...
, Scottish-born American baseball player (born 1923) - 17 August - Bill MillinBill MillinWilliam "Bill" Millin , commonly known as Piper Bill, was personal piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, commander of 1 Special Service Brigade at D-Day.- Early life :...
, British Army soldier and piper during WWII (born 1922) - 19 August - Edwin Morgan, Poet (born 1920)
- 28 October - Gerard KellyGerard KellyPaul "Gerard" Kelly was a Scottish actor who appeared in many comedies, most notably in City Lights, Rab C Nesbitt, and Scotch and Wry. He had more serious roles, including PC David Gallagher in Juliet Bravo , villain Jimmy in EastEnders and the villainous Callum Finnegan on Brookside...
, Actor (b. 1959) - 25 December - Sir Iain Noble, Banker and Gaelic activist (b. 19351935 in the United KingdomEvents from the year 1935 in the United Kingdom. This royal Silver Jubilee year sees a General Election and changes in the leadership of both the Conservative and Labour parties.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George V...
) - 30 December - Jenny Wood-AllenJenny Wood-AllenJenny Wood-Allen MBE was a Scottish marathon runner and Guinness World Record holder, running in over 30 marathons since 1983 and earning more than £70,000 for charity.-Career:...
, World record marathon runner (born 1911)