I grew up in London and went to the University of Manchester to study Religion and Theology.

I completed a Masters in Broadcast Journalism in 2011 and worked in television and radio for seven years, including for the BBC, Sky News and CNBC.

I moved to Scotland in 2014 and worked for the BBC on the Independence referendum and the General Election leaders' debate in 2015.

I was then News Editor at Kingdom FM, Fife's commercial radio station, from 2015-2017.

Candidate for Glenrothes in the 2017 General Election, and Dunfermline and West Fife in 2019.

Since 2017 I have worked at Holyrood as a parliamentary researcher and communications o�cer for Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP and Willie Rennie MSP.

Rebecca

Dear fellow member,I am seeking your support as a candidate for the Lothian regional list. Having stood as a candidate during the general elections in 2017 and 2019, I will be utilising the campaigning experience gained from this for the Scottish Parliament election, as the candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith and, I hope, as your list candidate. I plan to use my media experience from my seven year career as a broadcast journalist during campaigning to maximise the coverage the party will get. As part of this I will use my platform as the party spokesperson for the Environment to publicise our green policies and proposals for a green recovery from the pandemic. Edinburgh and the Lothians deserve better than more SNP MSPs who blend into the background and follow the party line. I hope you will back me by voting for me to be part of the team campaigning to return a bigger Liberal Democrat team back to Holyrood next year.

Rebecca Bellfor Lothian