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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.
Nicolson served as the SNP [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Ochil and South Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Ochil and South Perthshire]] from [[2019 United Kingdom general election in Scotland|2019 general election]] until the seat's abolition in 2024. He was previously the MP for [[East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Dunbartonshire]], having been elected at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland|2015 general election]], and defeated at the [[2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland|2017 general election]]. He contested [[Alloa and Grangemouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Alloa and Grangemouth]] in the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 election]] but was defeated.
He was the SNP Shadow [[Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport|Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]], a member of the House of Commons [[Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee|Culture, Media and Sport Committee]], Chair on the All Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy & the Constitution and Deputy Chair of the [[APPG]] on Global LGBT+ Rights.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Minutes|url=https://www.appglgbt.org/minutes|access-date=15 March 2021|website=APPG on Global LGBT+ Rights|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Officers|url=https://www.appglgbt.org/officers|access-date=15 March 2021|website=APPG on Global LGBT+ Rights|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/378/digital-culture-media-and-sport-committee/membership/|title=Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee – Membership – Committees – UK Parliament|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|language=en|access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/opinion/18279344.political-stand-john-nicolson-can-achieve-work-together/|title=Political Stand with John Nicolson: What you can achieve when you work together|website=Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser|date=4 March 2020 |language=en|access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=SNP |first=the |date=2022-12-10 |title=The real opposition: meet your new SNP Westminster Frontbench |url=https://www.snp.org/snp-westminster-frontbench-team/ |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Scottish National Party |language=en-US}}</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
==Personal life==
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