Annabel Goldie

The Right Honourable The Baroness Goldie DL
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of State for Defence
In office 26 July 2019 – 13 November 2023
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	The Earl Howe
Succeeded by	The Earl of Minto
Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip
In office 17 July 2016 – 25 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Succeeded by	The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament
In office 31 October 2005 – 4 November 2011[a]
Deputy	Murdo Fraser
UK party leader	Michael Howard David Cameron
Preceded by	David McLetchie
Succeeded by	Ruth Davidson[b]
Parliamentary offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life peerage 11 November 2013 Member of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) In office 6 May 1999 – 24 March 2016
Personal details
Born	Annabel MacNicoll Goldie (1950-02-27) 27 February 1950 (age 74) Glasgow, Scotland
Citizenship	British
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	University of Strathclyde
Profession	Solicitor
Website	Blog Profile: scottishconservatives.com

Annabel MacNicoll Goldie, Baroness Goldie DL (born 27 February 1950) is a Scottish politician and life peer who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2005 to 2011 and Minister of State for Defence from 2019 to 2023. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), as one of the additional members for the West Scotland region, from 1999 to 2016.

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