Ian Borthwick
Ian Borthwick is an independent politician formerly a member of the Labour Party and a serving councillor on Dundee City Council. He is currently Lord Provost of the City.
He is Scotland's longest-serving councillor and Dundee's oldest politician, having celebrated fifty years in local government in June 2013. He was first elected to Dundee Town Council in 1963, then joined Tayside Regional Council in 1975 and Dundee City Council in 1996.
In 2017 Borthwick became Lord Provost of Dundee at the age of 78, following an agreement which saw the SNP group on the council form a minority administration.
