John Cooper | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2022 | |
Editor of the Stranraer and Wigtownshire Free Press | |
In office March 2019 – November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Alan Hall |
Succeeded by | Louise Kerr |
Personal details | |
Born | Stranraer |
Political party | Conservative |
John Cooper is a Scottish journalist and politician.
A member of the Scottish Conservatives, he was selected as the party's candidate for Dumfries and Galloway for the 2024 United Kingdom general election[1] to replace incumbent Alister Jack pending a peerage to the House of Lords.[2][3] He had previously worked for Jack as a special advisor on media relations.[4]
Cooper started his career working on the Stranraer and Wigtownshire Free Press weekly newspaper in 1984. He subsequently returned as editor in 2019.[5] He has also worked at the Irish Daily Mail and Scottish Daily Mail.[6]