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For the British Army general, see Neil Douglas Findlay.

Scottish Labour politician

Neil Findlay (born 6 March 1969) is a Scottish politician who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Lothian from 2011 to 2021.

A member of Scottish Labour, he was previously a councillor in West Lothian from 2003 to 2012.

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Early life and career

Findlay was born in 1969 in Bangour General Hospital, near Broxburn. He was raised in Blackburn, West Lothian and educated at the co-educational, Roman Catholic St Kentigern's Academy.^[1]

After leaving school in 1986, he became an apprentice bricklayer in his father's business, and spent ten years working there.

During this time, he also studied at the University of Strathclyde, gaining a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and Politics, and going on to become a housing officer in 1996. After working for Almond Housing Association in Livingston for seven years, Findlay completed a PGCE at the University of Glasgow