Annabel Goldie

The Baroness Goldie
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of State for Defence
In office
26 July 2019 – 13 November 2023
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Earl Howe
Succeeded byThe Earl of Minto
Baroness-in-Waiting
Government Whip
In office
17 July 2016 – 25 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Succeeded byThe Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament
In office
8 November 2005 – 4 November 2011[a]
DeputyMurdo Fraser
UK party leader
Preceded byDavid McLetchie
Succeeded byRuth Davidson[b]
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
11 November 2013
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for West Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
6 May 1999 – 24 March 2016
Personal details
Born
Annabel MacNicoll Goldie

(1950-02-27) 27 February 1950 (age 74)
Glasgow, Scotland
CitizenshipBritish
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of Strathclyde
ProfessionSolicitor
WebsiteBlog
Profile: scottishconservatives.com

Annabel MacNicoll Goldie, Baroness Goldie DL (born 27 February 1950) is a Scottish politician and life peer who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2005 to 2011 and Minister of State for Defence from 2019 to 2023. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), as one of the additional members for the West Scotland region, from 1999 to 2016.


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