Alyn Smith MEP Born in Glasgow in 1973, Alyn grew up in Saudi Arabia, returning to Scotland in 1986. He attended Leeds and Heidelberg Universities, and graduated from Nottingham Law School in 1996. He also achieved a Masters degree in European Studies from the College of Europe in Warsaw. After a spell of working with Scotland Europa in Brussels, Alyn moved to London where he qualified with Clifford Chance, a commercial law firm. In 2000 Alyn moved back to Scotland working first for a legal firm in Edinburgh and from 2002 for Richard Lochhead MSP then the SNP Group at Holyrood as an adviser on European, Justice and Business policies. Alyn was elected to the European Parliament for the first time in 2004 and has been re-elected twice in the SNP victories in the 2009 and 2014 elections. Alyn is a member of the SNP’s National Executive Committee.

In Parliament, he is a full member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and a substitute member of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. He is a full member of both the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula, and the Delegation for relations with Iraq.

He’s also a Director of Turning Point Scotland, a charity in Scotland dealing with drug, alcohol, mental health and homelessness, a Director of LGBT Youth Scotland, a charity in Scotland campaigning against homophobia. Alyn is also the Honorary Vice President of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Scotland’s animal welfare charity.

Events participated in:

The Sunday Herald Debate: The New Auld Alliance: Alyn Smith, Richard Bacon MP, John Kampfner, and Merryn Somerset Webb debate Scotland’s future in Europe. (2016)

“Do Not Let Scotland Down”: Alyn Smith MEP talks to Oscar Guardiola-Rivera about that European Parliament speech. (2016)

What is Europe?: Join Sarah Smith in conversation with Alyn Smith MEP, EIP Director Martin Griffiths, Erik Berglöf and Dr Oscar Guardiola-Rivera as they try to answer the question “What is Europe?” (2015)