James Wyllie
is the Reform UK candidate for Aberdeen Central constituency in the Scottish Parliament elections (Constituencies).
James Wyllie's policies
Statement to voters
James Wyllie is Emeritus Professor in International Relations and Strategic Studies at the University of Aberdeen.
Full statement
He is from a farming family in Dumfriesshire, and he is a graduate of the universities of Stirling and Lancaster.
Between 1979 and 2021 he was Director of postgraduate Strategic Studies at the University of Aberdeen.
Previously, he was a Research Officer in the Defence Intelligence Staff in the UK Ministry of Defence, Teaching Fellow in Politics at Durham University, and Lecturer at the University of East Anglia before joining the Department of Politics and International Relations at Aberdeen.
In 1988 he was a Commonwealth Research Fellow in Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary and from 2012–2015 he was a Visiting Scholar at the German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin.
He has published widely on international security, and for many years he was a regular contributor to television and radio news and current affairs programmes in the UK and abroad.
He was also a frequent consultant to the UK Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and some overseas governments.
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| Date | Election | Party | Results | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Aberdeen Central: Scottish Parliament elections (Constituencies) | Reform UK | (Results due after 07 May 2026) | Position not available |
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