Political Appointments
Current Political Appointments
- Senior Vice President of the European Parliament Fisheries Committee
- President of the European Parliament’s Climate Change, Biodiversity & Sustainable Development Intergroup
- Personal Representative on Ecology & the Environment to the Chairman in office of the OSCE
- President of the 'Friends of a Free Iran' Intergroup
- President of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iraq
- Member of the Environment Committee
- Member of the Spirits Intergroup
- UK Conservative Delegation Fisheries Spokesperson
Political Appointments
| Since 1998 | President of the Tuesday Club |
| 1999 | Elected MEP for Scotland |
| Since 1999 | Front Bench Spokesman Fisheries Committee |
| 1999 - 2004 | Front Bench Spokesman Scottish Agriculture and Rural Development |
| 2002 - 2004 | President of Fisheries Committee |
| 2004 | Re-elected as MEP |
| Since 2004 | Conservative Spokesman on European Parliament's Fisheries Committee |
| 2004 - 2009 | Conservative Deputy Spokesman on Agriculture and Rural Affairs in the European Parliament |
| Since 2004 | President of the European Parliament's Climate Change, Biodiversity & Sustainable Development Intergroup |
| 2004 - 2009 | Co-chair of Friends of a Free Iran Parliamentary Intergroup |
| 2005 - 2009 | Vice President EPP-ED Ruling Group of 288 MEPs |
| 2005 -2009 | Chairman of ED Group of 40 MEPs |
| 2009 | Re-elected MEP for Scotland |
| Since 2009 | Senior Vice-President of the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee |
| Since 2009 | President of the Friends of a Free Iran Intergroup |
| Since 2009 | Member of the Environment Committee |
| Since 2009 | President of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iraq |
| Since 2009 | Member of the Spirits Intergroup |
| January 2010 | Appointed Personal Representative on Ecology & the Environment to the Chairman in office of the OSCE |
