John Lamont | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | |
Assumed office 8 July 2024 | |
Leader | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Ian Murray |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
In office 27 October 2022 – 5 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | David Duguid |
Succeeded by | Kirsty McNeill |
Member of Parliament for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | |
Assumed office 8 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Calum Kerr |
Majority | 6,599 (14.1%) |
Convener of the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee | |
In office 1 March 2011 – 22 March 2011 | |
Preceded by | Bill Aitken |
Succeeded by | Christine Grahame |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Roxburgh and Berwickshire (2007–2011) | |
In office 3 May 2007 – 27 April 2017 | |
Preceded by | Euan Robson |
Succeeded by | Rachael Hamilton |
Personal details | |
Born | John Robert Lamont 15 April 1976 Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland |
Political party | Scottish Conservatives |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
Website | www.johnlamont.org |
John Robert Lamont (born 15 April 1976) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician and solicitor who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk since 2017 and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland since July 2024.[1] Lamont previously served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, later Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire after boundary changes, from 2007 to 2017. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland between October 2022 to July 2024.[2]
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