John Cooper
Official portrait, 2022
Conservative candidate for Dumfries and Galloway
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byAlister Jack
Editor of the Stranraer and Wigtownshire Free Press
In office
March 2019  November 2022
Preceded byAlan Hall
Succeeded byLouise Kerr
Personal details
BornStranraer
Political partyConservative

John Cooper is a Scottish journalist and politician.

Politics

A member of the Scottish Conservatives, he was selected as the party's candidate for Dumfries and Galloway for the next United Kingdom general election[1] to replace incumbent Alister Jack pending a peerage to the House of Lords.[2][3] He had previously worked for Jack as a special advisor on media relations.[4]

Journalism

Cooper started his career working on the Stranraer and Wigtownshire Free Press weekly newspaper in 1984. He subsequently returned as editor in 2019.[5] He has also worked at the Irish Daily Mail and Scottish Daily Mail.[6]

References

  1. DG Conservative candidate
  2. Alister Jack to stand down
  3. Jack rules out by-election switch
  4. "Some Tories say Boris Johnson is 'toxic' in Scotland. Does the PM have a problem?". Sky News. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  5. Tobitt, Charlotte (2019-04-12). "Scottish weekly goes tabloid and full colour for first time in 176-year history". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  6. "Crow Show as Deputy Editorship Goes his Way - allmediascotland...media jobs, media release service and media resources for all". www.allmediascotland.com. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
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