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Douglas Ross

Scottish politician and professional football referee
Person human Q24039769

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
January 27, 1983
Place of birth
Moray
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
politician, association football referee, council member
Position held
Member of the 5th Scottish Parliament, member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, Member of the 6th Scottish Parliament, Leader of the Opposition (Scotland), Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury[7][8]
Educated at
Forres Academy, Scottish Agricultural College[9][10]
Member of political party
Scottish Conservative Party[12]
Work location
Elgin, London[16][17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Candidacy in election
2019 United Kingdom general election, 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2021 Scottish Parliament general election, 2024 United Kingdom general election[19][20][21][22]
Family name
Ross[14]
Given name
Douglas[15]
P14463
douglas-ross[25]
Social media followers
+36970, +43172[23][24]
Sport
association football[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Douglas Gordon Ross en Douglas Ross ar دوغلاس روس ja ダグラス・ロス ko 더글러스 로스 ko 더글러스 고든 로스 ru Дуглас Росс zh 道格拉斯·羅斯
🔖 Identifiers · 24
VIAF cluster ID
4464164298337308630007
GND ID
1249454778
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Official portrait of Douglas Ross MP crop 2.jpg ↗
BBC News topic ID
cqzp102q09pt
BBC Things ID
d8fb125a-615f-498e-816b-e5d4d8bda2c8
Companies House officer ID
vMi7uNd_ZPYmL6_xUP4QB792pJ8
Democracy Club candidate ID
2756
Described at URL
www.parliament.scot
Facebook username
douglas.ross.982
Full Fact ID
1604
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11cn6gqbsn
Gov.uk person ID
douglas-ross
Show all 24 identifiers +12
OpenSanctions ID
Douglas Ross
Our Campaigns candidate ID
188933
Parliament.uk member ID
4627
PublicWhip ID
Douglas_Ross
Rush Parliamentary Archive ID
9908
Scorebar / Soccerway person ID
155740
TheyWorkForYou ID
25531
UK Parliament ID
gPMSgdEb
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
437211
Who's Who UK ID
U287469
WorldFootball.net referee ID (old)
douglas-ross
X (Twitter) username
Douglas4Moray

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🔗 Connections
Candidacy in election 4
2017 United Kingdom general election, 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2021 Scottish Parliament general election
Occupation 3
politician, association football referee, council member
Work location 2
London, Elgin
Chaired by 1
Scottish Conservative Party
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Family name 1
Ross
Given name 1
Douglas
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of political party 1
Conservative Party
OpenSanctions ID 1
Douglas Ross
Place of birth 1
Moray
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
association football
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Douglas Ross
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Summary

Douglas Ross was born on January 27, 1983[1], in Moray[2]. He has worked as a politician[3], association football referee[4], and council member[5].

FAQs

Where was Douglas Ross born?

Douglas Ross's place of birth was Moray[2].

What did Douglas Ross do for work?

Douglas Ross worked as a politician[3], association football referee[4], and council member[5].

Where did Douglas Ross go to school?

Douglas Ross was educated at Forres Academy[9] and Scottish Agricultural College[10].

Related Entities

London United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Democracy Club. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Scottish Parliament Website. Retrieved . candidates.democracyclub.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . worldfootball.net. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Companies House. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Democracy Club. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Democracy Club. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Democracy Club. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24w ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14463 → douglas-ross
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32413|batch #32413]]: end time and cause - Member of the 6th Scottish Parliament (batch 4)"
  2. 24w ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Work location → Elgin, London
    Educated at → Forres Academy, Scottish Agricultural College
    Given name → Douglas
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Member of political party: Scottish Conservative Party"
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