Annabel Goldie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Annabel Goldie
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 27, 1950(1950-02-27)
Age	74
Birthplace	Glasgow
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Scotland
Horoscope	Aquarius

Annabel Goldie Biography

Annabel Goldie is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 27, 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Annabel MacNicoll Goldie, Baroness Goldie DL (born 27 February 1950) is a Scottish politician who was the Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2005 to 2011 , and as a member of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland from 1999 to the year 2016. Since 2013, she’s been an honorary peer of the House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and, since July 2019, she has been serving as the Minister of State in charge of Defence.

Goldie has been elected into in the Scottish Parliament in the 1999 election as a regional representative in the West of Scotland electoral region. She was elected to this seat since 2003 elections, 2007, and 2011. She was elected the leader of the Scottish Conservatives in 2005 until her resignation in 2011.

Goldie put herself forward as a leadership candidate on 2 November 2005—a joint nomination with Murdo Fraser as her proposed deputy. Their nomination was unopposed and Goldie was appointed leader on 8 November 2005, the first woman to lead the Scottish Conservative Party. In her maiden speech as leader, she promised to act against “disloyalty and disobedience” in the party and in a reference to Margaret Thatcher she said, “I think you may take it matron’s handbag will be in hyper-action. There could be worse precedents to follow”.

On 31 October 2005, Goldie became acting leader after David McLetchie resigned as leader of the Scottish Conservatives following adverse publicity created by the publishing of details of expenses he claimed for taxi journeys.

Alongside her appearance on the regional ballots and in the regional list, she was also an official candidate in the West Renfrewshire constituency for the Scottish Parliament in 2003, 1999 and 2007. With a rise in the Conservative proportion of the vote every time she ran, she has not yet to be elected, despite raising her status from third place to second in 2007 due to a smaller Labour majority.

Annabel Goldie Net Worth

Annabel Goldie is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Annabel Goldie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Goldie has been born in Glasgow, Scotland, but was raised in the nearby Renfrewshire throughout her entire life. Before that, she was in the rural area in the area between Kilmacolm and Lochwinnoch She is a resident of the village that is close by Bishopton for the last forty years. After being educated at Kilmacolm Primary School as well as Greenock Academy, she went to study at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow where she graduated from the university with the degree of LL.B at the age of 21 in. She worked as an associate solicitor with the Glasgow lawyer firm Donaldson, Alexander, Russell & Haddow from 1978 until 2006. Additionally, she is an elder in the Church of Scotland, and is a member of the West of Scotland Advisory Board of the Salvation Army. She is not married, and is a deputy lieutenant of Renfrewshire County. County of Renfrewshire.

Goldie first ran for elections in the House of Commons at the general election of 1992 in Inverclyde and Renfrew West. Renfrew West and Inverclyde constituency and came second with 32.9 percent of the votes.

Previously a solicitor, Goldie was elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland region at the creation of the body in 1999, and re-elected in 2003, 2007 and 2011. She served as the party’s constitutional spokesperson during the 2014 Scottish referendum, and stood down from the Parliament at the 2016 election.

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Goldie was created a life peer on 3 October 2013, taking the title Baroness Goldie, of Bishopton in the County of Renfrewshire.

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Annabel Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Annabel Goldie celebrates birthday on February 27 of every year.