Ian McKee

Ian McKee (born 1940) is an English-born Scottish National Party politician who was Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothians region from 2007 to 2011.
He was elected during the 2007 election for the Lothians region.
On 6 December 2007 he intervened in a debate in the Scottish Parliament to declare "I am an Englishman".
In 2010, at the age of 70, he announced that he would not be standing for re-election.

Born in South Shields, England, McKee was educated at Fettes College in Edinburgh and at the University of Edinburgh. He then became a hospital doctor in the National Health Service, before becoming a Medical Officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1966 to 1971. He worked as a general practitioner in a medical practice in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. He formerly wrote a column in The Scotsman newspaper.