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Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
.


Incumbents

*
First Minister A first minister is any of a variety of leaders of government cabinets. The term literally has the same meaning as "prime minister" but is typically chosen to distinguish the office-holder from a superior prime minister. Currently the title of ' ...
and Keeper of the Great Seal
Alex Salmond Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond ( ; 31 December 1954 – 12 October 2024) was a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. A prominent figure in the Scottish nationalist movement, he was Leader of the Sc ...
* Secretary of StateJim Murphy (to 11 May 2010),
Danny Alexander Sir Daniel Grian Alexander (born 15 May 1972) is a British former politician who was Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2010 and 2015. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey constituency ...
(12 May 2010 – 29 May 2010),
Michael Moore Michael Francis Moore is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Moore's work frequently addresses various Social issue, social, political, and economic topics. He first became publicly known for his award-winning debut ...
(from 29 May).


Law officers

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Lord Advocate His Majesty's Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (), is the principal legal adviser of both the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolution, devolved powers of the Scottish P ...
Elish Angiolini *
Solicitor General for Scotland His Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland () is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Scottish Government on Scots Law. They are also responsible for the Crown Office and P ...
Frank Mulholland *
Advocate General for Scotland His Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, whose duty it is to advise the The Crown, Crown and His Majesty's Government on Scots law. The Office of the Advocate General for Scotland is a Departments o ...
Lord Davidson of Glen Clova; then Lord Wallace of Tankerness


Judiciary

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Lord President of the Court of Session The Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General () is the most senior judge in Scotland, the head of the judiciary, and the presiding judge of the College of Justice, the Court of Session, and the High Court of Justiciary. ...
and
Lord Justice General Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...
Lord Hamilton *
Lord Justice Clerk The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, after the Lord President of the Court of Session. The current Lord Justice Clerk is Lord Beckett, who was appointed to the position on 4 February 2025, succeeding Lady Dorr ...
Lord Gill Brian Gill, Lord Gill, Order of St. Gregory the Great, KSG Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, FRSAMD Royal School of Church Music, FRSCM (born 25 February 1942) is a retired Scotland, Scottish ju ...
*
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court The Scottish Land Court () is a Scottish court of law based in Edinburgh with subject-matter jurisdiction covering disputes between landlords and tenants relating to agricultural tenancies, and matters related to crofts and crofters. The S ...
Lord McGhie


Events


January

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5 January Events Pre-1600 * 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French arm ...
– Scotland as well as most of the UK is deluged by some of the heaviest
snow Snow consists of individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water througho ...
in thirty years, causing widespread transport problems and school closures.


April

* 20 April – To correspond with the first ever televised leader's debates in the UK, leaders of the main political parties in Scotland including the
Scottish Labour Party Scottish Labour (), is the part of the UK Labour Party active in Scotland. Ideologically social democratic and unionist, it holds 23 of 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 37 of 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons. It is repres ...
,
Scottish Conservative Party The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (), known as Scottish Tories, is part of the UK Conservative Party active in Scotland. It currently holds 5 of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons, 30 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Par ...
, the
Scottish Liberal Democrats The Scottish Liberal Democrats () is a liberal, federalist political party in Scotland, part of UK Liberal Democrats. The party holds 5 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, 6 of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons and 86 of 1 ...
and the
Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party (SNP; ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic party. The party holds 61 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, and holds 9 out of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, ...
will hold a televised debate, broadcast on
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.


May

* 4 May – An ash cloud emitted from the Icelandic volcano
Eyjafjallajökull Eyjafjallajökull (; "glacier of (the mountain) Eyjafjöll"), sometimes referred to by the numeronym E15, is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, north of Skógar and west of Mýrdalsjökull. The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano wi ...
causes most Scottish and
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an airports to be closed until further notice. * 6 May
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: with no Scottish seats changing hands, Labour maintains a stronghold in Scotland holding 41 out of 59 Scottish
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seats. The Liberal Democrats have 11 seats, the
Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party (SNP; ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic party. The party holds 61 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, and holds 9 out of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, ...
6 seats and the Conservative Party maintain their single Scottish seat *
15 May Events Pre-1600 * 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. * 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper ...
– **Newly appointed
Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
David Cameron David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. Until 2015, he led the first coalition government in the UK s ...
travels to Scotland for talks with
First Minister A first minister is any of a variety of leaders of government cabinets. The term literally has the same meaning as "prime minister" but is typically chosen to distinguish the office-holder from a superior prime minister. Currently the title of ' ...
Alex Salmond Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond ( ; 31 December 1954 – 12 October 2024) was a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. A prominent figure in the Scottish nationalist movement, he was Leader of the Sc ...
. Both later agree that the talks were "productive" and it is agreed that Cameron would address the
Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament ( ; ) is the Devolution in the United Kingdom, devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. It is located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh, Holyrood area of Edinburgh, and is frequently referred to by the metonym 'Holyrood'. ...
once every year and in return, MSP's could address Commons' committees in
Westminster Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, Central London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, ...
. ** Dundee United F.C. win the
Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Ross County at
Hampden Park Hampden Park ( ; Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Hampden'') is a association football, football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football ...
. * 29 May – Following the resignation of the Chief Secretary of the Treasury David Laws, the incumbent Liberal Democrat Scottish Secretary,
Danny Alexander Sir Daniel Grian Alexander (born 15 May 1972) is a British former politician who was Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2010 and 2015. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey constituency ...
, assumes his position and the Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats,
Michael Moore Michael Francis Moore is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Moore's work frequently addresses various Social issue, social, political, and economic topics. He first became publicly known for his award-winning debut ...
, becomes the new Scottish secretary.


June

* 8 June – Eight people injured after a train derails in
Argyll Argyll (; archaically Argyle; , ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a Shires of Scotland, historic county and registration county of western Scotland. The county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975 and most of the area ...
. * 10 June – A man dies after being shot outside his home in
Lanarkshire Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark (; ), is a Counties of Scotland, historic county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area and registration county in the Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands of Scotland. The county is no l ...
.


July

* 2 July – Supporters of Stirling Albion F.C. become the first in the UK to take over ownership of their club.


September

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16 September Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. *1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900 * 1620 – Pilgrims set sail for V ...
Pope Benedict XVI Pope BenedictXVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as p ...
begins his four-day UK visit, starting in Scotland.


November

* 15 NovemberCity of Glasgow College officially launched by merger (agreed during 2009) of Central College, Glasgow Metropolitan College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies. * 18 NovemberHugh Henry MSP wins Scottish Politician of the Year award.


December

* 11 December – Scottish Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson resigns amid criticism of his handling of transport chaos brought on by recent heavy snow in Scotland. *
12 December Events Pre-1600 * 627 – Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. * 1388 – Maria of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos and Naupl ...
Keith Brown is appointed as Scottish Transport Minister following yesterday's resignation of Stewart Stevenson. * 13 December – Major supermarkets and online stores stop taking orders in Scotland in the run up to Christmas, because of a backlog of deliveries caused by the adverse weather conditions. * 16 December – The
Scottish Government The Scottish Government (, ) is the executive arm of the devolved government of Scotland. It was formed in 1999 as the Scottish Executive following the 1997 referendum on Scottish devolution, and is headquartered at St Andrew's House in ...
rules out re-introducing
tuition fees Tuition payments, usually known as tuition in American English and as tuition fees in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English, are fees charged by education institutions for instruction or other services. Besides public spen ...
for Scottish university students, but students from other parts of the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
attending university in Scotland may face fees of £6,000. *
23 December Events Pre-1600 * 484 – The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity. * 558 – Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks. * 583 – Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque. * 962 &nda ...
– '' HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan'': former MSP Tommy Sheridan is convicted of perjury following a twelve-week trial; his wife is acquitted.


Undated

* Star Wheel Press, a Scottish indie/folk/pop band from Aberfeldy, Scotland is formed.


Deaths

* 2 JanuaryDavid R. Ross, historian (born 1958) * 7 JanuaryAlex Parker, football player and manager (born 1935) * 19 JanuaryBill McLaren, rugby union commentator (born 1923) * 25 JanuaryBill Ritchie, cartoonist (born 1931) *
28 January Events Pre-1600 * 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of ...
Alistair Hulett Alistair Hulett (15 October 1951 – 28 January 2010) was a Scottish people, Scottish acoustic music, acoustic folk music, folk singer best known as the singer of the folk punk band, Roaring Jack. Early life Born in Glasgow, Hulett discovered tr ...
, acoustic folk singer (born 1951) * 13 FebruaryJock Ferguson,
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n politician (born 1946) * 22 FebruaryBobby Smith, footballer (born 1953) *
28 February Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed ...
Adam Blacklaw, footballer (born 1937) * 4 MarchRonnie Fraser, agricultural journalist and Liberal politician (born 1929) * 11 MarchWillie MacFarlane, football player and manager (born 1930) * 12 MarchHugh Robertson, footballer (born 1939) * 18 MarchWilliam Wolfe, chairman of Scottish National Party (1969–1979) (born 1924) * 22 MarchJames W. Black, pharmacologist, winner of 1988
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(born 1924) * 28 MarchDavid Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk, member of the House of Lords (born 1954) *
1 April Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his troo ...
Morag Beaton, operatic soprano (born 1926; died in Australia) * 8 AprilJames Quinn, Jesuit priest, theologian and hymnodist (born 1919) *
9 April Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, su ...
Kenneth McKellar, tenor (born 1927) * 19 AprilTom Fleming, actor (born 1927) * 21 AprilSammy Baird, footballer (born 1930) * 1 JuneJohn Hagart, football player and manager (born 1937) * 21 JuneTam White, musician and actor (born 1942) * 10 AugustJimmy Reid, trade union activist (born 1932) *
16 August Events Pre-1600 *1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdani ...
Bobby Thomson, American baseball player (born 1923 in Scotland) *17 August **
Bill Millin William Millin (14 July 1922 – 18 August 2010 ...
, British Army soldier and piper during WWII (born 1922) ** Edwin Morgan, poet (born 1920) * 3 SeptemberAnnie Turnbull, supercentenarian, oldest person in U.K. at date of death (born 1898) * 28 OctoberGerard Kelly, actor (born 1959) * 25 DecemberIain Noble, banker and Gaelic activist (born 1935 in Germany) * 30 DecemberJenny Wood-Allen, world record marathon runner (born 1911)


The arts and literature

* 19 SeptemberEmma's Imagination wins the television talent show ''Must be the Music''. * James Robertson's novel '' And the Land Lay Still'' is published.


See also

*
2010 in England 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to s ...
* 2010 in Northern Ireland *
2010 in Wales This article is about the particular significance of the year 2010 to Wales and its people. Incumbents *First Minister – Carwyn Jones *Secretary of State for Wales **Peter Hain (until 11 May) ** Cheryl Gillan *Archbishop of Wales – Barry ...


References

{{Years in Scotland , state=collapsed Years of the 21st century in Scotland 2010s in Scotland *Scotland