Jeremy Purvis

Jeremy Purvis, Baron Purvis of Tweed (born 15 January 1974) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale from 2003 to 2011. In August 2013 it was announced that he would be elevated to the House of Lords.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Purvis of Tweed
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
22 October 2013
Life Peerage
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
In office
1 May 2003  22 March 2011
Preceded byIan Jenkins
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1974-01-15) 15 January 1974
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Political partyScottish Liberal Democrats
Website

He is the leader of the Devo Plus cross-party group.

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