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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = John Nicolson
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Official portrait of John Nicolson MP, 2023.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2023
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| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Ochil and South Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Ochil and South Perthshire]]
| term_start2 = 12 December 2019
| term_end2 = 30 May 2024
| predecessor2 = [[Luke Graham (politician)|Luke Graham]]
| successor2 = ''Constituency abolished''
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Dunbartonshire]]
| term_start3 = 7 May 2015
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| partner = Juliano Zini
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'''John MacKenzie Nicolson<ref>{{cite news|date=15 May 2015|title=List of Members returned to Parliament at the General Election 2015 Scotland|work=[[The Edinburgh Gazette]]|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2334493|access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref>''' (born 23 June 1961)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brunskill|first=Ian|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1129682574|title=The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election|date=19 March 2020|isbn=978-0-00-839258-1|pages=292|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Limited |oclc=1129682574}}</ref> is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP) politician.
He
==Early life and education==
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===ITV===
He has said in later years that he preferred the interview environment at ITV. In stark contrast to the BBC, his ITV bosses were happy to go over time if the party's press office was unhappy with his probing questions to a politician.<ref>{{Citation |title=The MP taking down GB News {{!}} John Nicolson interview | date=21 March 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1RWzGDgVd4 |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=en}}</ref>
=== Other media work ===
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He has worked as a radio presenter for [[BBC Radio Scotland]], [[BBC Radio 4]] where he presented [[The Westminster Hour]], and [[BBC Radio 5 Live|BBC Radio 5]]. He is a regular commentator on UK politics for American audiences on the [[Cumulus Media Networks]] radio programme ''The John Batchelor Show.'' He presented the daily breakfast 'John Nicolson and [[Jane Moore]] Show' on [[LBC 97.3]] and has, since 2017, been the host of ''The Week with John Nicolson'' on [[Talkradio]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Nicolson|url=https://talkradio.co.uk/john-nicolson|access-date=22 March 2021|website=talkradio.co.uk|language=en|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714104233/https://talkradio.co.uk/john-nicolson|url-status=dead}}</ref> His final Talk Radio show was on Sunday 28 March 2021. He has been one of the SNP's most prominent media spokespeople since being elected to Parliament in 2015 with regular appearances on ''[[The Andrew Marr Show]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tgy25|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=BBC|title=BBC One - the Andrew Marr Show, 20/12/2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bmm49c|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=BBC|title=BBC One - the Andrew Marr Show, 07/10/2018}}</ref> ''[[Question Time (TV programme)|Question Time]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0837hb4|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=BBC|title=BBC One - Question Time, 17/11/2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05x80zk|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=BBC|title=BBC One - Question Time, 28/05/2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b071g6kj|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=BBC|title=BBC One - Question Time, 18/02/2016}}</ref> ''[[Any Questions?]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sbg3|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=BBC|title=BBC Radio 4 - Any Questions?, Katharine Birbalsingh, Michelle Donelan MP, John Nicolson MP, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06ns27v|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=BBC|title=BBC Radio 4 - Any Questions?, Arron Banks, Lord Falconer, John Nicolson MP, Amber Rudd MP}}</ref> ''[[This Week (2003 TV programme)|This Week]]'' with [[Andrew Neil]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00053m3|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=BBC|title=BBC One - This Week, 16/05/2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0863y07|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=BBC|title=BBC One - This Week, 2016 Review}}</ref> ''[[Westminster Hour]]'' on Radio 4,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qxmp|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=BBC|title=BBC Radio 4 - Westminster Hour, 03/01/2021}}</ref> ''[[Channel 4 News]]'' and ''[[The Wright Stuff]]'' on Channel 5.<ref>{{Citation|title="The Wright Stuff" Easter Special (TV Episode 2016) – IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5847880/characters/nm0629852|access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref> During his campaign to be re-elected in 2017, Nicolson told ''[[The Irish Times]]'', "People like that they can see me on the telly, talking about East Dunbartonshire."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/liberal-democrats-looking-to-add-to-single-seat-in-scotland-1.3111026|title=Liberal Democrats looking to add to single seat in Scotland|first=Peter|last=Geoghegan|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref>
In 2020, Nicolson worked 98 and a half hours for News UK – three hours each Sunday – as a journalist. He declared outside earnings of £19,700, amounting to an hourly wage of £200.<ref name="publications.parliament.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/201109/nicolson_john.htm|title=House of Commons - The Register of Members' Financial Interests (9 November 2020: Nicolson, John )|website=publications.parliament.uk}}</ref> In 2021 his contract with the outlet was terminated, something he alleged was due to an editorial desire for "uniform views".<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1393994778543538179|user=MrJohnNicolson|title=Thanks Craig. I enjoyed doing my @talkRADIO show. But alas it seems
==Political career==
===Early career===
John Nicolson joined the [[Scottish National Party]] aged 16,<ref name="2015 election">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32579722 |title=Election 2015: Who are the 56 new SNP MPs? |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref> but let his membership lapse whilst working as a BBC and ITV journalist. He rejoined the party in the run up to the Scottish independence referendum. He was a member of the National Collective, the student cultural movement campaigning for Scottish independence during Scotland's Referendum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.snp.org/john_nicolson|title=John Nicolson|work=snp.org|access-date=28 April 2017}}</ref>
===Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire (2015–17)===
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In 2016, Nicolson repeatedly criticised on social media STV's Digital Politics and Comment Editor, Stephen Daisley, who had published critical opinion pieces about the SNP.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15029547.journalist-snp-gagging-row-stephen-daisley-quits-stv/|title=Journalist in SNP "gagging" row quits STV|website=HeraldScotland|date=18 January 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mayhew|first=Freddy|date=20 January 2017|title=STV political editor Stephen Daisley resigns in wake of Scottish MPs' complaints to media company|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/stv-political-editor-stephen-daisley-resigns-after-scottish-politicians-complaints-to-media-company/|access-date=8 April 2021|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US}}</ref> He tweeted: "[Daisley] is meant to be a neutral journalist – not an activist."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14692107.journalist-gagged-broadcaster-pressure-snp/|title=Journalist 'gagged' by broadcaster after pressure from SNP|website=HeraldScotland|date=19 August 2016 }}</ref> Nicolson and another SNP MP, Pete Wishart, complained about him to STV bosses and Daisley alleges he was told, "We can't afford to have a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee complaining about us."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/snp-slammed-by-former-stv-journalist-i-learned-the-hard-way-that-journalism-and-nationalism-do-not-mix/|title=SNP slammed by former STV journalist: 'I learned the hard way that journalism and nationalism do not mix'|first=Dominic|last=Ponsford|date=6 February 2017|website=Press Gazette}}</ref> Daisley stopped writing opinion pieces for STV and Nicolson and Wishart were accused of "gagging" him.<ref name="auto"/> However, the SNP said: "At no point did they ask for Mr Daisley to stop writing and any suggestion otherwise is completely untrue. Any editorial decisions are entirely a matter for STV."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/snp-called-bullies-stv-journalist-stephen-daisley_uk_57b6f4e4e4b042aee74b4554|title=SNP MPs Described As 'Bullies' Amid Claims STV Journalist 'Gagged' For Outspoken Views|date=19 August 2016|website=HuffPost UK}}</ref> STV denied censoring any of its journalists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/14904403.political-journalist-wasnt-gagged-says-nuj-chief/|title=Political journalist 'wasn't gagged', says NUJ chief|website=The National|date=20 August 2016 }}</ref>
Nicolson described the 2017 campaign against him by the Liberal Democrats in East Dunbartonshire as "relentlessly negative".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/constituency-profile-lib-dems-pin-hopes-east-dunbartonshire-1448133|title=Constituency profile: Lib Dems pin hopes on East Dunbartonshire|website=www.scotsman.com|date=5 June 2017 }}</ref> 61% of Nicolson's constituents in East Dunbartonshire had voted against independence in the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/scotland-decides/results|title=Scottish independence referendum - Results - BBC News|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> and, amid strong opposition to a second independence referendum from voters,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-40216748|title=General election 2017: Sturgeon says Indyref2 'a factor' in SNP losses|work=BBC News|date=9 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bmgresearch.co.uk/scots-2017-independence-vote/|title=Herald/BMG Poll: Majority of Scots against a 2017 Independence vote|date=3 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/nearly-two-thirds-of-scots-dont-want-independence-referendum-in-2017/|title=Nearly two-thirds of Scots don't want independence referendum in 2017|date=2 January 2017}}</ref> Nicolson failed to be re-elected. He came second with 30.3% of the vote behind the seat's former MP, [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] [[Jo Swinson]].<ref>{{cite web |date=8 November 2019 |title=UK Parliamentary General Election 2019 |url=https://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/council/elections-and-voting/uk-parliamentary-general-election-2019 |access-date=15 November 2019 |website
===Member of Parliament for Ochil and South Perthshire (
[[File:SNP 2024 National Campaign Council (33).jpg|thumb|SNP House of Commons leader [[Stephen Flynn (Scottish politician)|Stephen Flynn]] and Nicolson at the 2024 National Campaign Council]]
At the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], Nicolson stood as the SNP candidate in [[Ochil and South Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Ochil and South Perthshire]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 November 2019|title=Election candidate ridiculed for appearing to forget which constituency he was campaigning for|last=Osborne|first=Samuel|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/snp-election-candidate-constituency-name-wrong-south-perthshire-dunbartonshire-a9220446.html|access-date=10 September 2020|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> During the 2019 general election campaign, Nicolson was heckled at a hustings in Alloa after telling the audience, "Only the Scottish National Party can beat the Tories here in East Dunbartonshire."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/11/27/snp-candidate-john-nicolson-ridiculed-forgetting-seat-election/|title=SNP candidate John Nicolson ridiculed after forgetting seat at election hustings|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=27 November 2019|last1=Johnson|first1=Simon}}</ref> Afterwards, Nicolson said "I made a slip of the tongue. We're all human."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Johnson|first=Simon|date=27 November 2019|title=SNP candidate John Nicolson ridiculed after forgetting seat at election hustings|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/11/27/snp-candidate-john-nicolson-ridiculed-forgetting-seat-election/|access-date=22 March 2021|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=27 November 2019|title=Election candidate ridiculed for appearing to forget which constituency he was campaigning for|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/snp-election-candidate-constituency-name-wrong-south-perthshire-dunbartonshire-a9220446.html|access-date=22 March 2021|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.totalpolitics.com/articles/diary/watch-oblivious-snp-candidate-john-nicolson-gets-heckled-after-getting-his-own-constituency-wrong|title = WATCH: Oblivious SNP candidate John Nicolson gets heckled after getting his own constituency wrong|date = 27 November 2019}}</ref> Nicolson was elected as MP for Ochil and South Perthshire with 46.5% of the vote and a majority of 4,498.<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Parliamentary election: Ochil and South Perthshire constituency |url=https://www.clacks.gov.uk/council/noticeofpollgeneralelection2019/ |access-date=16 November 2019 |website=Clackmannanshire Council
As a member of the [[DCMS Committee|CMS Committee]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee – Membership – Committees – UK Parliament|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/378/digital-culture-media-and-sport-committee/membership/|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|language=en}}</ref> Nicolson has taken evidence from witnesses and cross-examined ministers as part of inquiries on a number of issues including public service broadcasting,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The future of public service broadcasting – Committees – UK Parliament|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/work/90/the-future-of-public-service-broadcasting/|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|language=en}}</ref> the economics of music streaming,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Economics of music streaming – Committees – UK Parliament|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/work/646/economics-of-music-streaming/|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|language=en}}</ref> concussion in sport<ref>{{Cite web|title=DCMS Committee to consider links between sport and long-term brain injury – Committees – UK Parliament|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/378/digital-culture-media-and-sport-committee/news/146543/dcms-committee-to-consider-links-between-sport-and-longterm-brain-injury/|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|language=en}}</ref> and the impact of [[Brexit]] and the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] on culture and the arts. Following an exchange between Nicolson and [[Director-General of the BBC]] [[Tim Davie]] on the DCMS Committee, the BBC revealed it had spent in excess of a million pounds on external lawyers fighting women and BAME staff over equal pay and race discrimination cases.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Flagrant misuse' of money as BBC spends £1m losing equal pay and racism cases|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/19029875.flagrant-misuse-money-bbc-spends-1m-fighting-equal-pay-racism-cases/|access-date=22 March 2021|website=The National|date=22 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC spends more than £1m fighting pay discrimination claims by women and BAME staff|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19029747.bbc-spends-1m-fight-claims-pay-discrimination-women-bame-staff/|access-date=22 March 2021|website=The Herald|date=22 January 2021 |location=Glasgow|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='Unbelievable': BBC 'splurged' £1 million of licence-payer cash fighting women and BAME staff|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/bbc-splurged-more-ps1-million-licence-payer-money-fighting-women-and-bame-staff-court-3109023|access-date=22 March 2021|website=The Scotsman|date=22 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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In June 2023, Nicolson was cleared of bullying Conservative MP [[Nadine Dorries]], who had complained about his conduct in a Parliamentary Committee meeting and several tweets that he had liked on [[Twitter]], including one that referred to Dorries as a "vacuous goon". Dorries' complaint was initially upheld by the [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]], before an independent panel cleared Nicolson on appeal, based on, among other factors, Dorries' own record of behaviour on Twitter.<ref>{{cite web |title=SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65960992 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=22 June 2023 |date=21 June 2023}}</ref>
Nicolson was the SNP candidate in the new constituency of [[Alloa and Grangemouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Alloa and Grangemouth]] in the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]]. He was defeated by Labour Party candidate [[Brian Leishman]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-05 |title=Brian Leishman elected as Labour steal Alloa and Grangemouth seat from SNP |url=https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/24432471.brian-leishman-elected-labour-steal-alloa-seat-snp/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life==
In 1999, when he was a presenter on ''[[BBC Breakfast]]'', Nicolson came out as gay in various newspapers. He was the first BBC network television presenter to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://attitude.co.uk/article/former-newsreader-bbc-were-aghast-i-came-out-as-gay/7392/|title=Former newsreader: BBC were 'aghast' I came out as gay|date=16 July 2015|website=Attitude.co.uk|language=en|access-date=20 November 2019|archive-date=8 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208231943/https://attitude.co.uk/article/former-newsreader-bbc-were-aghast-i-came-out-as-gay/7392/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He told the House of Commons that although the decision was tough, and not welcomed by his bosses at the BBC who were unsupportive, he is glad that he made it. "I've lost track of the number of people who've told me subsequently that when I came out in the papers they told their parents. Gay kids should have role models. They should know that being gay doesn't stop you doing anything as an adult."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsmlondon.ac.uk/blog/diversity-in-public-life-by-john-nicolson-mp/|title=Diversity in Public life – by John Nicolson MP – GSM London Blog|date=23 February 2017|work=gsmlondon.ac.uk|access-date=28 April 2017}}</ref>
Nicolson lives in [[Bearsden]] in north Glasgow with his long-term partner Juliano Zini<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenational.scot/politics/14886683.meet-your-new-scottish-mps-9-john-nicolson-east-dunbartonshire/|title=Meet your new Scottish MPs: #9 John Nicolson, East Dunbartonshire|date=21 May 2015|website=The National|language=en|access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref> and their cat Rocco, who interrupted a parliamentary meeting that was [[Web conferencing|held online]] due to [[COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 lockdowns]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 July 2020 |title=Rocco, put your tail down |url=https://theglobalherald.com/news/rocco-put-your-tail-down-cat-interrupts-virtual-meeting-of-u-k-parliament/ |
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