Hugh O'Donnell

Hugh O'Donnell (born 1 May 1952) is a former Scottish politician. O'Donnell was elected in 2007 as a Liberal Democrat Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region. He was previously an aide to the former MSP Donald Gorrie. He resigned from the party on 27 March 2011 unhappy with the direction of his party and the UK Coalition Government in Westminster. He sat as an independent MSP until the May 2011 Scottish Parliament election, when he stood as an independent candidate and was not re-elected, having won only 821 votes. Background O'Donnell was educated at Falkirk College of Further Education and Queen Margaret College (in partnership with Southern Connecticut State University) and has an HND and a BA (Hons) in Communications.