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Finlay Carson

PEP · Politician

Finlay Carson is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Finlay Carson · فينلاي كارسون				[sources]
Alias	Finlay Hamilton Carson				[sources]
Birth date	1967-10-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Twynholm				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Scotland				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	Finlay.Carson.msp@parliament.scot				[sources]
First name	Finlay				[sources]
Last name	Carson				[sources]
Political association	Scottish Conservative Party				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q24034357				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament (2016-2021) · Member of the 6th Scottish Parliament (2021-) · Scottish Parliament (member, 2016-)				[sources]
Education	Kirkcudbright Academy · University of Aberdeen				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-14	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Scottish politician (born 1967)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories345,378

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons278,406

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions519,962

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata331,741

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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