Maurice Corry Explained

Maurice Corry
Honorific-Suffix:TD
Office:Member of the Scottish Parliament
for West Scotland
Term Start:6 May 2016
Term End:5 May 2021
Birth Place:Helensburgh, Scotland
Party:Scottish Conservative Party

Maurice Charles Steuart-Corry TD is a Scottish Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region from the 2016 Scottish Parliament election until the 2021 election. He is currently the Provost of Argyll & Bute.

Career

Army career

Corry joined the British Army in 1972 serving initially with the 51st Highland Volunteers part of the Territorial Army.[1] Captain Corry was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1984.,[2] a first clasp to the medal in February 1994[3] and a second clasp in 1997[4] He was promoted to major in June 1984.[5] Major Corry was transferred to the Black Watch in February 1995.[6] He retired from the Royal Regiment of Scotland in September 2009.[7]

Political career

Corry was elected to the Argyll and Bute council, representing Lomond North in 2012.[8]

In 2016, Corry stood for the Scottish Parliament as the Conservative candidate for Dumbarton where he came third, then was elected from the West Scotland regional list.[9] Corry sat on the Parliament's Public Petitions Committee.[10] After his election to the Scottish Parliament he also continued in his position as a local councillor.[11] He is the Conservative's spokesperson for veterans' affairs.[12] In May 2016 in a Holyrood EU Referendum debate, Corry voted to back the case to leave the European Union. He later explained he had pressed the wrong button during the vote.[13]

At the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, Corry contested the Dumbarton constituency, a LabourSNP marginal where he came a distant third with 8.3% of the votes.[14] He was placed eighth on the Conservative list for West Scotland,[15] so he did not win one of the region's three lists seats.[16] Corry's low placement on the list followed his omission from a list of endorsements by a vetting committee set up by Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament.[17]

In the 2022 Council Election, he was returned once again to Argyll & Bute as a member for Lomond North, and was appointed Provost by the administration on 18 May 2022.[18] [19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: London Gazette. 26 May 2016.
  2. Web site: London Gazette. 26 May 2016.
  3. Web site: London Gazette. 26 May 2016.
  4. Web site: London Gazette. 26 May 2016.
  5. Web site: London Gazette. 26 May 2016.
  6. Web site: London Gazette. 26 May 2016.
  7. Web site: London Gazette. 26 May 2016.
  8. Web site: 2012 Election Results. Argyll and Bute Council. 26 May 2016.
  9. News: Election 2016: West Scotland. Scottish Parliament region . BBC News . 6 May 2016.
  10. Web site: Maurice Corry MSP. Scottish Parliament. 23 June 2016.
  11. News: MSP will relinquish his role as policy lead . Helensburgh Advertiser . 8 July 2017. 6 September 2017.
  12. Web site: Scottish Conservative appointments for new parliamentary term. Scottish Conservative Party. 26 May 2016.
  13. Web site: EU referendum debate how did your MSP vote?. BBC News. 26 May 2016.
  14. News: Elections 2021: Constituencies A-Z: Dumbarton . . 7 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210516200701/https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2021/scotland/constituencies/S16000096 . 16 May 2021.
  15. Web site: Sandra . Black . Scottish Parliamentary election – regional contest West Scotland Region Statement of persons and parties nominated and Notice of poll . . 16 May 2021 . https://archive.today/20210516194528/https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/media/13384/Candidates-and-parties-nominated---West-Scotland-Region/pdf/Statement_of_persons_and_parties_nominated_and_Notice_of_poll_West_Scotland_Region_FINAL.pdf?m=1617206148130 . 16 May 2021 . PDF.
  16. News: Elections 2021: West of Scotland [region] [sic], ]. . 8 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210516195648/https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2021/scotland/regions/S17000018 . 16 May 2021.
  17. News: Sanderson . Daniel . MSP snubbed by Davidson's 'star chamber' blasts system as 'undemocratic' . 16 May 2021 . . 4 February 2021 . https://archive.today/20210516193912/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/02/04/msp-snubbed-davidsons-star-chamber-blasts-system-undemocratic/ . 16 May 2021.
  18. Web site: Argyll and Bute Council 2022 election results . 2022-05-21 . Helensburgh Advertiser . en.
  19. News: 2022-05-19 . Coalition takes control of Argyll and Bute Council . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-05-21.