p1 edit

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/corporate/spcb/publications/ParliamentaryBodies.pdf

Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-13549277

Scottish Parliament Northern Ireland Assembly Welsh Assembly UK Parliament

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/index.htm http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-11/pa11-017.htm

p2 edit

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/call-to-axe-councillor-over-clash-1.1103637

http://forargyll.com/2011/05/new-scottish-government-ministers-reading-the-runes/

http://www.scotsman.com/news/New-Scottish-Government-ministerial-team.6771646.jp

http://www.betternation.org/2011/05/the-actual-new-scottish-government/

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/labour-leader-bans-purcell-from-taking-job-with-msp-1.1102830

http://breakingnews.heraldscotland.com/breaking-news/?mode=article&site=hs&id=N0690391306375086510A

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-13380612

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13472582

http://www.totalpolitics.com/blog/159557/triple-whammy-of-bad-news-for-ed-miliband.thtml

global edit

http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2011/05/salmond-scottish-scotland-snp

http://www.labourlist.org/how-conservative-labour-could-lose-the-party-80-plus-seats-befor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_First

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/scotland/Greens-show-their-colours-to.2647477.jp

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2251181?UserKey=

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/SNP/8492811/Scottish-Election-2011-Alex-Salmond-out-in-front-with-alot-of-help-from-his-friends.html

duckofminerva.blogspot.com/2011/04/stuff-political-scientists-like-3_24.html http://www.inverclydelibdems.org.uk/

cresc edit

call edit

herbalif edit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6460653.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6462119.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/scotland/8583359.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11510394

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8660822.stm

legs edit

http://news.scotsman.com/scottishnationalparty

http://remember.snp.org/

www.snp.org/news/

mvks edit

South of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

http://www.studentnewspaper.org/interview/547-the-student-speaks-to-alex-salmond

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/election/how-salmond-has-overcome-vitriol-of-the-scots-press-1.1099146

Canadian federal election, 2011

http://www.scottishreviewofbooks.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=236:when-papers-mattered-harry-reid&catid=20:volune-2-issue-4&Itemid=62

http://www.scotsman.com/latest-scottish-news/SNP-increase-voting-lead-Survey.6761962.jp

seats edit

linkedin, joanmcalpine.typepad.com/about.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stop-World-Autobiography-Winnie-Ewing/dp/1841582395

http://shetlopedia.com/Winnie_Ewing

http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/John-McTernan-Cameron-faces-battle.6762043.jp

high edit

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/wintour-and-watt/2011/may/04/israel-palestinian-territories

whitton, kerr, baillie

http://n.b5z.net/i/u/10043757/i/100_Broken_Promises.pdf

http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/David_Whitton

http://www.scottishpolitics.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=9

http://www.alba.org.uk/scot07/retiring.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Turner

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7474475.stm

http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/manjindershergill


David Whitton was educated at Morgan Academy in Dundee.

He began his journalistic career with DC Thomson in 1970 before moving to the Fife Free Press and then the Evening Express in Aberdeen, specialising in local government activities. David worked at The Scotsman in Glasgow for three years then moved to the Daily Record where he became Industrial Editor in 1983.

From 1986-1996, David worked at Scottish Television in a variety of roles including producer of news and current affairs programmes, Lobby Correspondent at Westminster, presenter of political programming and on screen news reporter. He was Head of Public Affairs from 1994-1996. David's time at Scottish Television was followed by a short period as a Director of the PR company, Media House.

In 1999 David became Special Adviser to the then Scottish Secretary, Donald Dewar. David was a member of Scottish Labour Party's Scottish Parliament election campaign responsible for organising broadcasting coverage and media activity for the Party leader.

Following the first Scottish Parliament elections, David became Special Adviser to the First Minister and Official Spokesman for the First Minister and the Scottish Executive.

In 2000, David established his own public affairs consultancy with clients including Scottish Enterprise, The Scottish Council for Development and Industry, The Al Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies. During this period, he was also a member of the committee raising funds for the Donald Dewar chair of Social Justice.

David is married and has two children and two grandchildren.