Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Andrew Barrett (born 11 February 1954) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, John Barrett was educated at the Forrester High School in Edinburgh, Telford College and Napier Polytechnic (as it then was). He joined the Scottish Liberal Party in 1980 and was the election agent for Veronica Crerar when she won the South East Corstorphine ward in 1984.