John Thurso

Member of Parliament for Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross

John Thurso MP

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MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

John Thurso MP

John Thurso was elected as MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross in 2001, succeeding Bob Maclennan in the seat. John lives with wife Marion and his family in Thurso, and is also the Liberal Democrats Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

John Thurso is the first and only hereditary peer to have been elected to the Commons having previously sat in the Lords.


George Lyon is new Liberal Democrat MEP

Mon 8th Jun 2009

John Thurso is today writing to congratulate George Lyon who this morning became the new Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland. The result confounded some commentators who had said the Liberal Democrats would struggle to hold on to any representation with the reduction of Scottish seats in the Parliament. The nationalists also fared less well than had been predicted failing to gain the extra seat they had convinced the media they were on course for.

John and George Lyon MEP (photography: Sam Kent)

John Thurso calls for greater Government support for Carers

Thu 4th Jun 2009

Local MP, John Thurso, has called for the Government to increase the level of financial support offered to the estimated six million people in the UK who provide unpaid care to someone they know.

Carers week logo

Concern over threat to ATMs in local Post Offices - Thurso

Thu 28th May 2009

Local MP, John Thurso, has written to the Chairman of Royal Mail expressing his grave concern over the attempt by Post Office Limited to recover money from subpostmasters who install free-to-use ATMs.

Post Office ATM (photography: Sam Kent)

Thurso encourages local charities to go green with EDF energy

Sun 24th May 2009

Local MP John Thurso is highlighting an opportunity for non-profit making or charitable organisations in the constituency to apply for funding towards the cost of renewable energy installations or renewable energy feasibility studies.

GREAN visit (photography: Sam Kent)

Local MP condemns Boundary Commission plans as utter madness

Sat 23rd May 2009

John Thurso, local Liberal Democrat MP, condemned plans to create a huge new Holyrood constituency consisting of almost half the Highlands as utter madness this week. The new constituency would stretch from John O'Groats to Locharron and from Cape Wrath to the outskirts of the Muir of Ord.

CSR

Holyrood expense system may not go far enough to restore trust in Westminster - Thurso

Wed 20th May 2009

"The current expense system in the House of Commons is a total shambles and its complete abolition may have to be contemplated in order to restore public trust. The situation is so serious that copying the rigorous Scottish Parliament expenses system may not go far enough" said John Thurso MP.

John speaking in the Commons (photography: Sam Kent)

End of opt out which could have threatened fire cover in the north might be dropped - Thurso

Thu 7th May 2009

Talks in Brussels on ending Britain's opt out from the European Working Time Directive have collapsed this week and are not due to start again until after the European Parliament election on the 4th of June. John Thurso MP who, with his Highland colleagues, has strongly campaigned to protect the opt out feels that this is the end of the proposal and that it will quietly be abandoned.

Fire Engine and firemen

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Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross General Election Result

Turnout: 27663 (59%)

50.5%
 
Liberal Democrat: 13957 (+11.9%)
20.9%
 
Labour: 5789 (−3.4%)
13.3%
 
Scottish National Party: 3686 (−7%)

View the results in detail.

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