Jim Hume

Hume successfully introduced a Member's Bill in the Scottish Parliament - Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill - which was enacted in January 2016 and protects 60,000 children every week from the dangers of second hand smoke in cars.

Hume was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent the South of Scotland region at the 2007 general election. He was also elected councillor of the Galashiels and District region of Scottish Borders Council on the same night. He is the first Liberal Democrat MSP for the South of Scotland region since the Scottish Parliament was created in 1999. Hume was Scottish Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Housing and Health. He sat on the Scottish Parliament's Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee, and was the Committee's EU Reporter. He was also the Scottish Liberal Democrat Deputy Whip and a member of the European Committee of Regions.

Hume was born in Peebles but raised in Selkirkshire. His previous positions include Chairman of "Environment and Land Use" for the National Farmers Union of Scotland and President of Lothians and Borders NFU. He was active during the Foot-and-mouth crisis of 2001. Hume was also on the board of Scottish Enterprise Borders, Chaired The Borders Foundation for Rural Sustainability, a member of the Forestry Commission's South of Scotland Regional Forum, a Trustee of The Borders Forest Trust and a founding Director of The South of Scotland Loan Fund Scheme. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament from 2007 to 2016

Jim Hume ARAgS HonAssoc BVA(born 4 November 1962) is a former Scottish politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland region from May 2007 to March 2016.