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Ian Gillan Yuill, (born 12 February 1964) is a Scottish politician who has served as councillor in Aberdeen, Scotland since 1994. A member of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, he has served as Co-Leader of Aberdeen City Council since 18th May 2022. Yuill was previously the Depute Leader of Aberdeen City Council from 2003 to 2007 and Chair of NESTRANS from 2011 to 2012. Yuill was both Convener of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and Vice President of the UK Liberal Democrats between 1998 and 2002.

Background and personal life

Born in Perth, Scotland, Yuill was brought up and educated in Aberdeen. He was educated at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen and at Robert Gordon Institute of Technology (now Robert Gordon University), Aberdeen, where he obtained a BA in Business Studies. He worked in Aberdeen as a retail manager, political campaign organiser, constituency manager for Nicol Stephen MP, community business manager and senior manager for a large Scottish charity. Yuill is a Chartered Marketer.

Political career

Yuill was elected to represent the Auchinyell division of the former Grampian Regional Council on 5 May 1994 and subsequently to represent the Morningside ward of the then newly created Aberdeen City Council on 6 April 1995.

He has continued to represent the same general area of Aberdeen through a number of ward name and ward boundary changes and currently represents the Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee ward. He was most recently re-elected in May 2022.

On 18 May 2022 Yuill was appointed Co-Leader of Aberdeen City Council as part of a Partnership Agreement between the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party (SNP) to form a coalition to lead the Council.

Yuill stood for election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 (North East Scotland Region) and again in 2021 (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine constituency and North East Scotland Region).

He also stood for the Aberdeen South UK Parliament constituency in the 2001 election, but was defeated by the Scottish Labour candidate Anne Begg. He again stood for Aberdeen South in the 2019 UK general election. The constituency was won by SNP candidate Stephen Flynn.

References

1. Aberdeen City Council, Continuous Improvement (13 December 2022). "Aberdeen Performs". committees.aberdeencity.gov.uk.
2. Studios, Via (2 October 2014). "About Ian Yuill | Ian Yuill". ianyuill.mycouncillor.org.uk.
3. The Scottish Regional Elections 1994, Bochel and Denver
4. "The Scottish Local Elections 1995, Bochel and Denver" (PDF).
5. "Local government election 2022: Results | Aberdeen City Council". www.aberdeencity.gov.uk. 18 May 2022.
6. Gossip, Alastair (19 May 2022). "Aberdeen's new SNP/Lib Dem council - and their near-5,000 word promise for the next five years". The Press and Journal.
7. "Aberdeen City Council - Aberdeen South and North Kincardine constituency - Statement of Persons Nominated, 31 March 2021" (PDF).
8. "Aberdeen City Council - North East Scotland region - Statement of Persons Nominated, 31 March 2021" (PDF).
9. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
10. "UK Parliament - Aberdeen South election result, December 2019".

External links

• Councillor Ian Yuill page on Aberdeen City Council website
• Ian Yuill website

• Scottish Liberal Democrat politicians
• 1964 births
• Living people
• People educated at Robert Gordon's College
• Liberal Democrats (UK) parliamentary candidates
• Scottish political candidates