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505: 38: 481:, Gethins was narrowly re-elected as the MP for North East Fife. He received 13,743 votes, giving him a very slim majority of just two votes over the Liberal Democrats; the joint-third smallest majority in British political history. This was confirmed after three re-counts before being declared. After the election, Gethins was promoted to the SNP Westminster 1314: 1274: 688: 509: 531: 301: 113: 447: 504: 1264: 818: 897: 767: 1075: 659: 523:
In July 2020, Gethins was announced as the chair of ‘eu+me’- a campaign for a close relationship between Scotland and the EU after Brexit.
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at the North East Fife constituency. He won 18,523 votes (a 40.9% share of the vote) and received a majority of 4,344 votes over the
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who won by a majority of 1,316 votes. This made him the only SNP MP to lose their seat at the general election that year.
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candidate, Tim Brett, who was selected after the retirement of the seat's long-term Lib Dem MP and former party leader,
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After losing his Westminster seat Gethins was appointed Professor of Practice in International Relations at the
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focusing on the conflicts surrounding the breakaway entities in the South Caucasus such as
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In February 2015, he was selected by the local party members to contest the
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dundee constituencies
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Sector specialising in peace-building, arms control and democracy in the
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fife constituencies
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Despite increasing his share of the vote, he lost his seat at the
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as the party's Spokesperson for International Affairs and Europe.
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on arms control, peace-building and democratisation in the former
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Gethins was appointed a Special Adviser to Scotland's
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Index

MP

SNP
International Affairs and Europe
Ian Blackford
Alex Salmond
Alyn Smith
Member of Parliament
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
Incumbent
Member of Parliament
North East Fife
Menzies Campbell
Wendy Chamberlain
Glasgow
Scottish National Party
Alma mater
University of Dundee
University of Kent
Scottish National Party
politician
Member of Parliament
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
2024 general election
North East Fife
2015
2019 general election
Wendy Chamberlain
Liberal Democrats
University of St Andrews

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