Rachael Hamilton

Rachael Hamilton
Hamilton in 2019
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Assumed office
10 June 2017
Preceded byJohn Lamont
Majority6,863 (19.0%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for South Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
6 May 2016 – 2 May 2017
Succeeded byMichelle Ballantyne[a]
Scottish Conservative
Shadow portfolios
LeaderDouglas Ross
2021–presentCabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands
2020–2021Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People
Personal details
Born
Rachael Georgina Hamilton

1970 (age 53–54)
Brecon, Wales, UK
Political partyScottish Conservatives
Alma materHarper Adams University
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.rachaelhamilton.co.uk

Rachael Georgina Hamilton (born 1970) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician, who has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire since 2017.

Hamilton has served as the Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism and for Social Security and Older People. She was previously a list MSP for the South Scotland region, elected in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.[1] She was elected as constituency MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire at a 2017 by-election.

She is a director of the Buccleuch Arms Hotel in St Boswells.[2]


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  1. ^ "Rachael Hamilton wins Scottish Parliament by-election". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Borders MSP Hamilton hits back at calls for her dismissal". Border Telegraph. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

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