Sandesh Gulhane

Sandesh Gulhane
Scottish Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Assumed office
16 September 2021
LeaderDouglas Ross
Preceded byAnnie Wells
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Glasgow
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Personal details
Born (1982-01-22) 22 January 1982 (age 42)
London, England
Political partyScottish Conservatives
EducationThe Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, London
Alma materImperial College London
ProfessionGeneral practitioner

Sandesh Prakash Gulhane (born 22 January 1982) is a British Conservative politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region since May 2021.[1] He is the Scottish Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care. Gulhane is the first Hindu and first man of Indian descent to be elected to the Scottish Parliament.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Gulhane, Sandesh, (born 22 Jan. 1982), General Practitioner, Glasgow, since 2019; Member (C) Glasgow, Scottish Parliament, since 2021". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u295974. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. ^ Aitken, Mark (16 May 2021). "As a large batch of MSPs with young children settles in for new parliament, we ask how easy it is to juggle life as a politician and a parent". The Sunday Post. DC Thomson Media. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ^ Bradley, Jane; Bussey, Katrine (27 May 2021). "New Scottish MSP and doctor didn't hug newborn daughter for weeks due to fear of passing on Covid from NHS frontline". The Scotsman.