Background
HOME ROBERTSON, John David was born on December 5, 1948. Parents: the late Lieutenant Col. J.W. Home Robertson.
HOME ROBERTSON, John David was born on December 5, 1948. Parents: the late Lieutenant Col. J.W. Home Robertson.
Ampleforth College; West of Scotland Agricultural College.
Councillor, Berwickshire District Council, 1974-1978. Member, Borders Health Board, 1975-1978. Member of Parliament for Berwick and East Lothian, 1978-1983, and for East Lothian, since 1983.
Member, Commons Select Committee on Scottish Affairs, 1979-1983. Chairman, Scottish Group of Labour MPs, 1982-1983. Opposition Scottish Whip, 1983-1984.
Opposition Front Bench Spokesman on Agriculture, 1984-1987, on Scottish Affairs, 1987-1988, and on Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1988-1992.
Spouse Catherine Brewster, 1977. Children: two s.