Alistair Carmichael

The Right Honourable Alistair Carmichael MP
Official portrait, 2017
Secretary of State for Scotland
In office 7 October 2013 – 8 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Michael Moore
Succeeded by	David Mundell
Deputy Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons Comptroller of the Household
In office 11 May 2010 – 7 October 2013
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	John Spellar
Succeeded by	Don Foster
Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats
In office 16 June 2017 – 27 August 2020
Leader	Vince Cable Jo Swinson Ed Davey
Preceded by	Tom Brake
Succeeded by	Wendy Chamberlain
In office 11 May 2010 – 7 October 2013
Leader	Nick Clegg
Preceded by	Paul Burstow
Succeeded by	Don Foster
Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Jim Wallace
Majority	7,807 (37.8%)
Liberal Democrat portfolios
2006, 2015-16, 2020-present	Home Affairs
2007–2010[a]	Scotland Office
2019	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2020	Foreign and Commonwealth Office Exiting the European Union
2017–present[b]	Northern Ireland Office
2022-present	Justice
Personal details
Born	Alexander Morrison Carmichael (1965-07-15) 15 July 1965 (age 59) Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
Political party	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Spouse	Kate Carmichael
Children	2 sons
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen (LLB)
Website	www.alistaircarmichael.co.uk

Alexander Morrison "Alistair" Carmichael^[1] (born 15 July 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland since 2001. He currently serves as the Liberal Democrat Home Affairs, Northern Ireland and Justice spokesperson. He served as the Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2012 to 2021.

Carmichael served as Liberal Democrat Chief Whip of the House of Commons from 2010 to 2013. From 7 October 2013 to 8 May 2015, he was the Secretary of State for Scotland in the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government. He served a second term as Chief Whip from 2017 to 2020, having taken over the position from Tom Brake following the 2017 general election. He was the Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Exiting the European Union from January 2020 to August 2020. On 31 August 2020, new leader Ed Davey appointed Carmichael as Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman. He was the only Scottish MP representing the Liberal Democrats in the House of Commons during the 57th Parliament (2015–2017). He is the longest-serving Liberal Democrat MP and the senior Scottish MP in the current UK Parliament.

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