Colin Fox

Quick Facts

Full Name	Colin Fox
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 17, 1959(1959-06-17)
Age	65
Birthplace	Motherwell
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Motherwell
Horoscope	Gemini

Colin Fox Biography

Colin Fox is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 17, 1959 in Motherwell, Motherwell, United Kingdom. Colin Fox (born 17 June 1959, in Motherwell) is the national co-spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and a former Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothians (2003–2007).

The SSA aimed to build a left-wing alternative to New Labour and the SNP. It was built around the slogan “for an independent socialist Scotland”. Fox was the SSA’s East of Scotland organiser, a role he continued to play when the Alliance morphed into the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) in 1998.

The party in parliament succeeded in passing legislation to abolish poindings and warrant sales in 2002. Using Sheridan’s popularity, the SSP made several interventions including supporting the Fire Brigades Union dispute of 2002. But above all, it was the role the party played in the huge movement against the Iraq War that cemented the SSP’s place in Scottish politics. Against pundits’ predictions, the SSP won six seats at Holyrood in 2003, including Colin Fox MSP in the Lothians region. Winning by just 68 votes out of 300,000, Fox was famously captured on TV hurtling across the floor of Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh when his result was finally declared.

In November 2004, the party’s then national convenor, Tommy Sheridan MSP, chose to sue a tabloid newspaper over stories it published about his private life. Sheridan’s decision to sue the News of the World, against the advice of the SSP executive committee, led to it demanding his resignation as convenor. Sheridan lied throughout two high-profile trials and was eventually sentenced to three years in jail, convicted on five counts of perjury.

In 1995, he moved to Edinburgh to take up the role of Scottish Militant Labour’s East of Scotland organiser. This was the time when Militant was discarding its entryist tactics and turning towards open mass work. As a member of SML’s executive committee, he was heavily involved in the discussions with some smaller groups on the left that led to the formation of the Scottish Socialist Alliance (SSA) in 1995.

Colin Fox Net Worth

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

He has described Tony Benn as “one of my heroes”, and says that it was after attending a talk given by Benn at the University of Glasgow, when Benn was running for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party, that he was inspired to get involved in politics full-time. As a prominent LPYS activist, he attracted the attention of the Militant tendency, and joined in 1981. He was elected as their Lanarkshire organiser in 1983 and has been heavily involved in socialist politics ever since.

He was active in the 1984–85 miners’ strike in Ayrshire and at the Ravenscraig picket line. The 103-day Caterpillar occupation of 1987–88 saw him involved in the key industrial battle of the time. In 1988, he went to London to work for Militant at its headquarters in Hackney Wick. He held a variety of posts in its industrial department, finance department, and as circulation manager of the Militant newspaper. Here, he was heavily involved in the leadership of the anti-poll tax struggle which brought down Margaret Thatcher.

He led the Scottish Socialist Party in the Lothians into the first Scottish Parliament election in 1999. This was the election where Tommy Sheridan, then an SML councillor, was elected as the SSP MSP for Glasgow region. Over the course of the next four years, Colin helped build the SSP as it trebled in size.

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Who is Colin Fox Dating?

According to our records, Colin Fox married to Carol Fox. As of December 1, 2023, Colin Fox’s is not dating anyone.

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He sat on the Scottish Parliament’s justice committee for four years and visited many of Scotland’s prisons, arguing for reform. He presented a Member’s Bill, one of only six to get to the debating floor that session, to abolish NHS prescription charges in Scotland. The bill won the backing of the parliament’s health committee, but was eventually voted down by Labour, Conservative, and Lib Dem MSPs. The Scottish Government of 2007–11 later picked up the bill and introduced it themselves.

Facts & Trivia

Colin Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Colin Fox celebrates birthday on June 17 of every year.

In 2008, he wrote to the First Minister Alex Salmond seeking an assurance that any future meetings with members of the Northern Ireland Assembly would raise the issue of attitudes towards LGBT rights by its ministers. More recently he has also been involved in opposing community education cuts, and has marched against cuts to public services.

How old is Colin Fox?

83 years (November 20, 1938)

Where is Colin Fox from?

Colin currently lives in Edinburgh, with his partner and children.

Who is Colin Dobson Fox?

Colin Dobson-Fox is best known for producing and directing ‘Britain by Narrowboat’ which was first released on Amazon Prime Video in June 2020. The series was developed on the back of a hugely successful YouTube series which began in May 2018 documenting the build of a canal narrowboat and subsequent life aboard.

Who are foxes afloat?

Colin and Shaun Dobson-Fox sold their house two years ago to move onto a narrowboat. Their YouTube channel Foxes Afloat now has more than 130,000 subscribers, making them celebrities in the canal boating community.

Who owns Silver Fox narrowboat now?

Colin Dobson-Fox and his partner Shaun gained an online following after selling their house, leaving their jobs, and moving into a 57-foot narrowboat called Silver Fox in 2018.