149:
groups agreed to form a coalition. Aitken continued to be the leader of the Labour opposition group until he resigned from this position in 2008 to take up the position of
Secretary to the Church of Scotland's Church and Society Council. He did not seek re-election to the City Council at the
444:
129:
in 1999. He served on the education and social justice committees. From 2002 he served full-time as a
Councillor, including as the City Council's Executive member for education. From 2003 to 2006 he was
323:
449:
404:
454:
409:
158:
459:
27:
424:
283:
228:
414:
439:
419:
71:
368:
151:
138:
295:
110:
39:
142:
87:
98:
146:
75:
429:
376:
126:
47:
249:
122:
91:
23:
434:
336:
182:
67:
63:
86:
In 1992 he was ordained as a minister of the Church of
Scotland. He became assistant minister at
31:
386:
35:
279:
224:
344:
196:
328:
262:
162:
102:
70:
where he graduated BA (Hons) in 1985. In 1990, he graduated BD (Hons) with a degree in
43:
398:
134:'s education spokesman. In 2006 Aitken became Leader of the Edinburgh City Council.
113:
in
Edinburgh as Secretary of the Church and Society Council from 2008 until 2014.
59:
106:
352:
241:
34:. In May 2014 he became the chief executive officer of the Edinburgh
95:
131:
38:. Previously, he was the Secretary of the Church of Scotland's
90:
followed by a year as locum minister at St Andrew's Church in
347:
Aitken wins vote to lead 'the best small city on the planet'
94:. He then served from 1995 until 2002 as the minister of
445:
Alumni of the
University of Edinburgh School of Divinity
331:
Whose name is set in stone as the successor to
Anderson?
159:
296:"I'm backing SNP's MacAskill, says Labour campaigner"
242:"Tilling the garden again (Genesis 1-3 rediscovered)"
450:21st-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland
405:20th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland
42:between 2008 and 2014. He is a member of the
8:
455:21st-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers
410:20th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers
357:
58:After attending Woodmill High School in
460:People educated at Woodmill High School
174:
258:
247:
7:
152:local government elections in 2012
14:
339:Capital elects new council leader
324:City of Edinburgh Council listing
183:"Church role for city councillor"
157:In 2011, Aitken contested the
109:, Edinburgh. He worked at the
16:British politician (born 1962)
1:
425:Scottish Christian socialists
415:Scottish Labour councillors
96:St Margaret's Parish Church
476:
276:Who's Who in Scotland 2013
221:Who's Who in Scotland 2013
111:Church of Scotland Offices
40:Church and Society Council
383:
373:
365:
360:
143:Scottish Liberal Democrat
88:South Leith Parish Church
185:. BBC News. 9 June 2008.
121:Aitken was elected as a
440:Presbyterian socialists
147:Scottish National Party
76:University of Edinburgh
420:Iona Community members
377:Edinburgh City Council
278:, Carrick Media, Ayr,
257:Cite journal requires
223:, Carrick Media, Ayr,
127:Edinburgh City Council
101:2 January 2014 at the
48:Christians on the Left
240:Aitken, Ewan (1990).
92:Gisborne, New Zealand
139:2007 local elections
68:University of Sussex
64:Social Anthropology
381:2006 – 2007
353:Ewan Aitken's Blog
161:against the SNP's
125:councillor to the
32:Church of Scotland
393:
392:
384:Succeeded by
284:978-0-9565748-6-2
229:978-0-9565748-6-2
467:
366:Preceded by
358:
311:
310:
308:
306:
300:www.scotsman.com
292:
286:
273:
267:
266:
260:
255:
253:
245:
237:
231:
218:
212:
211:
209:
207:
193:
187:
186:
179:
475:
474:
470:
469:
468:
466:
465:
464:
395:
394:
389:
380:
371:
369:Donald Anderson
329:Evening News -
320:
315:
314:
304:
302:
294:
293:
289:
274:
270:
256:
246:
239:
238:
234:
219:
215:
205:
203:
195:
194:
190:
181:
180:
176:
171:
163:Kenny MacAskill
119:
103:Wayback Machine
84:
56:
22:(born in 1962,
17:
12:
11:
5:
473:
471:
463:
462:
457:
452:
447:
442:
437:
432:
427:
422:
417:
412:
407:
397:
396:
391:
390:
385:
382:
372:
367:
363:
362:
361:Civic offices
356:
355:
350:
342:
334:
326:
319:
318:External links
316:
313:
312:
287:
268:
259:|journal=
232:
213:
201:cyrenians.scot
188:
173:
172:
170:
167:
137:Following the
118:
115:
83:
80:
55:
52:
44:Iona Community
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
472:
461:
458:
456:
453:
451:
448:
446:
443:
441:
438:
436:
433:
431:
430:Living people
428:
426:
423:
421:
418:
416:
413:
411:
408:
406:
403:
402:
400:
388:
379:
378:
370:
364:
359:
354:
351:
349:
348:
343:
341:
340:
335:
333:
332:
327:
325:
322:
321:
317:
301:
297:
291:
288:
285:
281:
277:
272:
269:
264:
251:
243:
236:
233:
230:
226:
222:
217:
214:
202:
198:
197:"Ewan Aitken"
192:
189:
184:
178:
175:
168:
166:
164:
160:
155:
153:
148:
144:
140:
135:
133:
128:
124:
116:
114:
112:
108:
104:
100:
97:
93:
89:
81:
79:
77:
73:
69:
65:
62:, he studied
61:
53:
51:
49:
45:
41:
37:
33:
29:
25:
21:
374:
346:
338:
330:
303:. Retrieved
299:
290:
275:
271:
250:cite journal
235:
220:
216:
204:. Retrieved
200:
191:
177:
156:
136:
120:
85:
57:
19:
18:
435:1962 births
345:Scotsman -
305:15 November
60:Dunfermline
20:Ewan Aitken
399:Categories
387:Jenny Dawe
375:Leader of
169:References
107:Restalrig
54:Education
36:Cyrenians
117:Politics
99:Archived
82:Ministry
72:Divinity
46:and the
28:minister
74:at the
66:at the
30:of the
26:) is a
24:Paisley
337:BBC -
282:
227:
206:3 June
141:, the
123:Labour
132:COSLA
307:2021
280:ISBN
263:help
225:ISBN
208:2021
145:and
105:in
401::
298:.
254::
252:}}
248:{{
199:.
165:.
154:.
78:.
50:.
309:.
265:)
261:(
244:.
210:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.