Stewart Gibb
- Name:
- Stewart Gibb
- Party:
- Scottish National Party
- Constituency:
- Edinburgh Pentlands
- Election result May 1999:
- 8770 votes (22.15%), third of four candidates
- Election literature available in Aspect:
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- Election policy statement:
- Stewart's Priorities
My first priority is the people of Edinburgh Pentlands. Regardless of your political affiliation, I promise to be available to you and to pursue your concerns in the parliament and elsewhere.
My second priority is Scotland and our involvement in the international community. The Scottish Parliament convenes on the brink of the 21st century. As technology shrinks the globe it exacerbates the terrible inequalities condemning too many to a life of quiet desperation. The challenge facing Scotland is to use our rich resources to create a society which is both prosperous and socially just.
The rapid pace of technological change presents many challenges and opportunities for the wealth of our nation. It is vital that our MSPs are capable of grasping these opportunities.
With an electronics degree from Glasgow University and an M.Sc. in Digital Systems Engineering from Heriot Watt, I have benefited from a fine education (and like all the other candidates, if not today’s students, a free education).
With a strong background in information technology gained in industries like oil, paper and utilities, I am committed to ensuring Scotland’s future prosperity. A prosperity founded on our investment in health, education and housing.
Never heed what the hoodies croak for doom
The parliament will give Scotland the forum to debate our priorities - whether we want to spend money on education or nuclear weapons. A measure of the parliament's success will be people's confidence to laugh at the politicians who tell us we, unique in the nations of the world, are incapable of running our own country. While devolution opens the debate on our priorities, it will take independence to bring those priorities to fruition.
- Personal details used in election:
- Stewart Gibb, a Heriot-Watt graduate, is currently employed as a Software Engineer. Stewart campaigned in the referendum for a YES in both votes.
Stewart Gibb, 36, is the only candidate with the commitment to fight Edinburgh Pentlands in 1997 and again for the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Outside politics his interests include the arts, particularly theatre, and a love of the Scottish mountains.