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List of events
Events from the year 2019 in Scotland .
Incumbents
Events
2 January –
Abellio ScotRail announces average rail fare increases of 2.8%, lower than the average 3.1% increase announced for England and Wales.
[1]
24 January – Former Scottish
First Minister
Alex Salmond is arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault and two charges of attempted rape.
[2]
24 February – The new
BBC Scotland channel has five of the top ten most-watched programmes across Scotland on its Sunday launch night.
[3]
19 March – Scotland's unemployment rate is reported to have fallen to a new record low of 3.4% between November and January, well below the UK average of 3.9%.
[4]
20 March – The Scottish economy grew by 0.3% in the final three months of 2018 compared to a figure of 0.2% for the UK as a whole.
[5]
29 March – The final episode of the popular sitcom
Still Game is broadcast on
BBC Scotland .
[6]
1 April – New legislation known as Frank's Law – extending free personal care to under-65s living with disabilities and degenerative conditions – has come into effect.
[7]
23 May –
2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom is held. Results are announced on 27 May after the polls close in all EU member states. In the
Scotland constituency , the
Scottish National Party wins the popular vote with 594,553 votes and has the highest share of the vote with 37.8%, finishing in sixth place overall and returning 3 MEPs.
6 June –
Natalie McGarry , former
SNP MP for
Glasgow East is jailed for 18 months having earlier pleaded guilty to charges of embezzlement. In total, she stole more than £25,000, including donations for a local food bank, spending the funds on rent and a holiday in
Spain .
[8]
[9]
16–28 July – Scotland hosted the
2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship .
[10]
12 October – Plastic-stemmed
cotton buds are prohibited in Scotland.
[11]
3 November – Scottish Conservative MP
Ross Thomson announces he will not stand for re-election following claims by Scottish Labour MP
Paul Sweeney of 'groping' in the Palace of Westminster.
[12]
12 December – At the
2019 UK general election , the
Scottish National Party wins a landslide in Scotland, winning 48 of the 59 seats. Their victory is not as large as it was in
2015 , but the
Scottish Lib Dems replace
Scottish Labour as the third party, pushing Labour into fourth place with one seat.
[13]
Jo Swinson ,
Leader of the Liberal Democrats , loses her
East Dunbartonshire UK Parliament constituency seat to Amy Callaghan of the Scottish National Party by 150 votes.
18 December –
Michael Matheson , Scottish Government
Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity , announces that it will exercise a break clause in the
Abellio ScotRail railway passenger service franchise in March 2022.
[14]
28 December – Highest ever maximum temperature for December in the UK, 18.7 °C, recorded at
Achfary in the
Highlands .
[15]
Deaths
1 January –
Freddie Glidden , 91, footballer (
Hearts ,
Dumbarton ).
[16]
19 January –
Ted McKenna , 68, drummer (
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band ).
[17]
22 January –
Andrew Fairlie , 55, chef.
[18]
24 January –
Hugh McIlvanney , 84, sports writer (
The Sunday Times ).
[19]
10 March –
Angus Sinclair , 73, serial killer.
[20]
16 November –
John Campbell Brown , 72,
Astronomer Royal for Scotland (since 1995).
[21]
See also
References
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"ScotRail 'rip-off' rail fares condemned as tickets increase by 2.8%" . BBC. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019 .
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"Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond arrested" . BBC. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019 .
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"New BBC Scotland channel peaks at 700,000 viewers on launch night" . BBC News . 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019 .
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"Scotland's unemployment rate hits new low at 3.4%" . BBC News . 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019 .
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"Scottish economy continues to grow" . BBC News . 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019 .
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"Still Game final episode: Faceless favourite revealed as sitcom ends" . www.scotsman.com . 29 March 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020 .
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"Frank's Law: From petition to policy" . BBC News . 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019 .
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"Former MP who stole £25,000 from charities and foodbanks is jailed" .
Metro . London. 6 June 2019.
^ Cramb, Auslan (6 June 2019).
"Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry jailed for embezzling thousands from pro-independence groups" .
The Daily Telegraph . London.
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"UEFA Women's Under-19 EURO Draw Held in Glasgow" . www.scottishfa.co.uk . Retrieved 30 December 2020 .
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"The Environmental Protection (Cotton Buds) (Scotland) Regulations 2019" . legislation.gov.uk . Scottish Statutory Instruments no. 271. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020 .
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"Tory MP Ross Thomson quits after 'grope' claim by Labour MP Paul Sweeney" . BBC News . BBC. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019 .
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"Scotland election results 2019: SNP wins election landslide in Scotland" . BBC News . BBC. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019 .
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"Abellio ScotRail contract to end three years early" . BBC News . BBC. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020 .
^ Subject to verification.
"New maximum temperature for December recorded in Highlands" . BBC News . 31 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020 .
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"Hearts great Freddie Glidden dies aged 91" . Sky Sports .
^ Rock, Fraser Lewry 2019-01-19T13:17:16Z Classic (19 January 2019).
"Ted McKenna, drummer with Rory Gallagher, SAHB, Michael Schenker, dead at 68" . Classic Rock Magazine . {{
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"Gleneagles chef Andrew Fairlie dies after long-term brain tumour battle" . HeraldScotland . 22 January 2019.
^ Ingle, Sean (25 January 2019).
"Hugh McIlvanney, doyen of sportswriting, dies aged 84" . The Guardian .
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"World's End serial killer Angus Sinclair dies" . BBC News . 11 March 2019.
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"Prof. John Brown, OBE (1947–2019)" .
University of Glasgow . 18 November 2019.
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