# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tavish-scott
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:49:19.914Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tavish-scott"
name: "Tavish Scott"
slug: "tavish-scott"
description: "Tavish Hamilton Scott is a former Scottish politician. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Shetland from 1999 to 2019, and Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2008 to 2011. He stepped down as Leader following the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, in which the Liberal Democrats were reduced to five seats, down from 16 in the previous parliament."
tagline: "British politician (born 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tavish_Scott_MSP_at_Bournemouth.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1966-05-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.367929333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/tavishscott"
    handle:    "tavishscott"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavish_Scott"
    title: "Tavish Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "تافيش سكوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavish_Scott"
    title: "Tavish Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavish_Scott"
    title: "Tavish Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavish_Scott"
    title: "Tavish Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavish_Scott"
    title: "Tavish Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavish_Scott"
    title: "Tavish Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump