# Peter Peacock

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British politician (born 1952)

Peter Peacock Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) In office 6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011 Personal details Born (1952-02-27) 27 February 1952 (age 74) Edinburgh, Scotland Party Scottish Labour Party

**Peter James Peacock** [CBE](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (born 27 May 1952) is a Scottish politician who served as [Minister for Education and Young People](/source/Minister_for_Education_and_Young_People) from 2003 to 2006. A member of the [Scottish Labour Party](/source/Scottish_Labour_Party), he was a [Member of the Scottish Parliament](/source/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament) (MSP) for the [Highlands and Islands](/source/Highlands_and_Islands_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)) region from [1999](/source/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election) to [2011](/source/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election).

Peacock was convener of the [Highland Regional Council](/source/Highland_Regional_Council) from 1995 to 1999.[1][2][3] He served on the Board of [Scottish Natural Heritage](/source/Scottish_Natural_Heritage) and was later influential in the decision to move the agency's headquarters to [Inverness](/source/Inverness).[4]

Peacock was appointed a deputy minister when first elected at the [1999 Scottish Parliament election](/source/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election). He was promoted to [Minister for Education and Young People](/source/Minister_for_Education_and_Young_People) in the [Scottish Executive](/source/Scottish_Executive) after the [2003 election](/source/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election).

Due to his position, Peacock was chosen to officially open the newly refurbished [Morgan Academy](/source/Morgan_Academy) in [Dundee](/source/Dundee), [Scotland](/source/Scotland), in August 2004; after the fire that destroyed the building in 2001. He resigned from his government post in November 2006 due to ill health.[5][6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Convener | Definition of Convener by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of Convener"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200710165142/https://www.lexico.com/definition/convener). *Lexico Dictionaries | English*. Archived from [the original](https://www.lexico.com/definition/convener) on 10 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-auto_2-0)** ["Highland battle rages"](https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/highland-battle-rages/91623.article). *Times Higher Education (THE)*. 29 November 1996.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Peacock 'surprised' at exams move"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4741508.stm). BBC News. 23 February 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Crofts, Roger (2026), *Scottish Natural Heritage: An Insider's View*, Tippermuir Books Limited, [Perth](/source/Perth%2C_Scotland), pp. 49 & 56, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781913836559](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781913836559)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["UK | Scotland | Ill health forces minister's exit"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/6146884.stm). [BBC News](/source/BBC_News). 14 November 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["New education minister as Peacock resigns"](http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/new-education-minister-as-peacock-resigns-1-725290). *[The Scotsman](/source/The_Scotsman)*. [Johnston Press](/source/Johnston_Press). 14 November 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

## External links

- Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: [Peter Peacock](https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/peter-peacock)

Political offices Preceded by Cathy Jamieson Minister for Education and Young People 2003–2006 Succeeded by Hugh Henry Preceded by Mike Watson Minister for Gaelic 2003–2006 Succeeded by Patricia Ferguson New office Deputy Minister for Finance and Local Government 2000–2003 Succeeded by Tavish Scott New office Deputy Minister for Children and Education 1999–2000 Succeeded by Nicol Stephen as Deputy Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs

v t e Former Labour Party MSPs By date first representing Scottish Labour in the Scottish Parliament 1999 Wendy Alexander Scott Barrie Sarah Boyack Rhona Brankin Bill Butler Malcolm Chisholm Cathie Craigie Margaret Curran Susan Deacon Donald Dewar Helen Eadie Patricia Ferguson Sam Galbraith Karen Gillon Trish Godman Rhoda Grant Iain Gray Hugh Henry John Home Robertson Janis Hughes Gordon Jackson Sylvia Jackson Cathy Jamieson Margaret Jamieson Andy Kerr Johann Lamont Marilyn Livingstone Jack McConnell Lewis Macdonald Angus MacKay Kate Maclean Ken Macintosh Maureen Macmillan Paul Martin John McAllion Frank McAveety Tom McCabe Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale Henry McLeish Michael McMahon Duncan McNeil Des McNulty Alasdair Morrison Bristow Muldoon Mary Mulligan Elaine Murray Irene Oldfather Peter Peacock Cathy Peattie Richard Simpson Elaine Smith Elaine Thomson Mike Watson Ian Welsh Karen Whitefield Allan Wilson 2001 Brian Fitzpatrick 2003 Richard Baker Marlyn Glen Christine May 2005 Charlie Gordon 2007 Baron Foulkes of Cumnock James Kelly John Park David Stewart David Whitton 2011 Claudia Beamish Kezia Dugdale Mary Fee Neil Findlay Hanzala Malik Jenny Marra Margaret McCulloch Margaret McDougall Siobhan McMahon Anne McTaggart Graeme Pearson John Pentland Drew Smith 2012 Jayne Baxter 2013 Cara Hilton 2014 Alex Rowley 2016 Lesley Brennan Monica Lennon Richard Leonard Colin Smyth 2021 Foysol Choudhury Pam Duncan-Glancy Paul O'Kane Mercedes Villalba Martin Whitfield 2025 Davy Russell

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