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Angus MacDonald | |
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Member of Parliament for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Majority | 2,160 (4.5%) |
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Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Angus MacDonald is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, first elected in the 2024 general election.
MacDonald began his career running a number of publishing businesses in the financial services sector, including Edinburgh Financial Publishing, Financial News and eFinancialCareers, the latter two of which he sold in 2007 to a consortium including Dow Jones for £79 million. [1] MacDonald later expanded his business interests to encompass renewable energy and waste management, [2] [3] as well as founding various social enterprises and non-profit endeavours, most notably the Highland Cinema, an independent cinema in Fort William which was voted "Cinema of the year under 24 screens" in 2023. [4] [5]
MacDonald was elected as a councillor to Highland Council, representing Fort William and Ardnamurchan in the 2022 Highland Council election, with 37.5% of the vote. [6] [7]
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire - MacDonald's seat - was the final constituency to declare its results in the 2024 general election, due to a 'discrepancy' delaying the result until 6 July. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
He had previously been a Conservative Party donor, giving £25,000 to the party under Boris Johnson. [11]