Born and raised in the Highlands, David worked closely with Charles Kennedy. Like Charles, he is independently-minded and determined to deliver change for our local communities.
He has a strong track record on the issues that matter – whether that is tackling fuel poverty, protecting people excluded from support during the pandemic or stopping SNP centralisation of Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
David lives in Muir of Ord and, before his election as the MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, he worked for a humanitarian charity, giving voice to the most poverty-stricken people in the world.
David is part of a growing Liberal Democrat team across the Highlands. Working with Jamie Stone MP and Angus MacDonald MP, he is fighting for a better deal for our communities.
I have worked with David over many years. He has a track record of campaigning on the issues that matter most to local people, not least tackling fuel poverty and fighting against the SNP’s centralisation of Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Jamie Stone MP, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Born 1992 in Inverness, David Green attended Dingwall Academy in Ross-Shire. He went on to study Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen, where he graduated in 2014.
Shaped by his volunteering with the Scout Association, David has a stronge sense of community. He believes people in our rural communities are best placed to make decisions that impact their own lives.
Whilst at University, David became actively involved in the Scottish Liberal Democrats. He was elected to lead the party’s youth wing, campaigning for a crackdown on illegal letting fees and leading opposition to SNP cuts to student bursaries.
Upon graduating, David went on to work as a close advisor to former party leader Charles Kennedy. A political mentor, Charles’ commitment to give voice to those most in need inspired David’s decision to seek public office.
After learning the ropes, David moved to the Scottish Parliament to work for Liam McArthur. Together they campaigned on the local issues that mattered most from ferry funding to fuel poverty to forcing an SNP u-turn on centralising Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
After re-electing Liam with a record majority, David returned to Westminster. He played a leading role in the party’s efforts to hold the government to account and was latterly appointed as Head of Media. This gave David a taste of working cross-party to get things done.
Before his election as the MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, David worked for the international development charity Christian Aid, giving voice to the most poverty-stricken people in the world.
David is the Scottish Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Public Service Reform, Europe, External Affairs and Culture. He sits on the Scottish Parliament's Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee and is a substitute member of the Rural Affairs Committee.
People have had enough of decisions being imposed on them, not made with them. They are tired of feeling like they have been shoved to the back of the queue by this SNP government. Our communities need change. I love the Highlands; that's why I want to use my experience to bang the drum on the issues that matter.
David Green
The Scottish Government’s national fuel poverty scheme has helped just 2.3% of households in Highland since it was launched eleven years ago, analysis by the Highland Liberal Democrats has shown.
The Highland Liberal Democrats are calling on the Scottish Government to do more to protect NHS staff after figures revealed over 6,300 attacks against workers in the Highlands have been recorded in the last five years.
More than 400 complaints about maternity care have been lodged with NHS Highland in the past five, figures by the Scottish Liberal Democrats reveal, prompting renewed calls for an independent review of maternity services in Caithness.
Highland Liberal Democrats have launched a region-wide petition calling on Fiona Hyslop to create a dedicated Highland Roads Funding Plan.
Maree Todd, the SNP MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, is being urged to be “straight with families in Caithness” after it emerged that a promised independent review of maternity services in Caithness will not go ahead.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats manifesto at the upcoming Holyrood elections will commit to ending the Scottish Government’s ideological opposition to new nuclear and explore the rollout of small modular nuclear reactors.