Alistair Carmichael | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee | |
| Assumed office 9 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Goodwill |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 7 October 2013 – 8 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Michael Moore |
| Succeeded by | David Mundell |
| Deputy Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons Comptroller of the Household | |
| In office 11 May 2010 – 7 October 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | John Spellar |
| Succeeded by | Don Foster |
| Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats | |
| In office 16 June 2017 – 27 August 2020 | |
| Leader | Vince Cable Jo Swinson Ed Davey |
| Preceded by | Tom Brake |
| Succeeded by | Wendy Chamberlain |
| In office 11 May 2010 – 7 October 2013 | |
| Leader | Nick Clegg |
| Preceded by | Paul Burstow |
| Succeeded by | Don Foster |
| Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Wallace |
| Majority | 7,807 (37.7%) |
| Liberal Democrat portfolios | |
| 2006, 2015–2016, 2020–2024 | Home Affairs |
| 2007–2010[a] | Scotland Office |
| 2019 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| 2020 | |
| 2017–2024[b] | Northern Ireland Office |
| 2022–2024 | Justice |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexander Morrison Carmichael 15 July 1965 Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Spouse | Kate Carmichael |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen (LLB) |
| Website | www |
Alexander Morrison "Alistair" Carmichael[1] (born 15 July 1965) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland since 2001. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he previously served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2013 to 2015 and as Deputy Government Chief Whip from 2010 to 2013. He currently serves as the Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee.
Carmichael served as Liberal Democrat Chief Whip of the House of Commons from 2010 to 2013. From 7 October 2013 to 8 May 2015, he was the Secretary of State for Scotland in the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government. He served a second term as Chief Whip from 2017 to 2020, having taken over the position from Tom Brake following the 2017 general election. He was the Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Exiting the European Union from January 2020 to August 2020. He was previously the Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2012 to 2021. He was Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Home Affairs, Justice and for Northern Ireland until his election as select committee chair in September 2024.
He was the only Scottish MP representing the Liberal Democrats in the House of Commons during the 57th Parliament (2015–2017). He is the longest-serving Liberal Democrat MP and the senior Scottish MP in the current UK Parliament.
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- ^ Full name is given as "CARMICHAEL, Alexander Morrison, commonly known as Alistair Carmichael" in the returning officer's 2010 general election declaration Archived 17 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine