Robin Harper

Robin Harper
FRSSA
Harper in 2008
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Lothians
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011
Personal details
Born
Robin Charles Moreton Harper

(1940-08-04) 4 August 1940 (age 84)
Thurso, Caithness, Scotland
Political partyLabour (2024–present)[1]
Other political
affiliations		Independent (2023–2024)[2]
Scottish Greens (1985–2023)
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen
ProfessionTeacher
Websiterobinharper.wordpress.com

Robin Charles Moreton Harper, FRSSA (born 4 August 1940) is a Scottish politician, who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region (1999–2011).

He was co-convener of the Scottish Greens (2004–2008).

Harper became an MSP in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, the first ever elected Green parliamentarian in the United Kingdom.

  1. ^ "Robin Harper quits Greens over stance on trans rights and independence". BBC. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. ^ Andrews, Kieran (2 August 2023). "Former Scottish Greens leader Robin Harper joins Labour". The Times. Retrieved 2 August 2023.