Douglas Garven Alexander is a former Labour Party in Scotland politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire South,previously Paisley South,from 1997 until his defeat in 2015. During this time,he served as Scottish Secretary,Transport Secretary and International Development Secretary in the Cabinet under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He subsequently served in Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Shadow Foreign Secretary.
Sir Edward MacMillan Taylor was a British Conservative Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for forty years,from 1964 to 1979 for Glasgow Cathcart and from 1980 to 2005 for Southend East.
Annabelle Janet Ewing is a Scottish politician and lawyer who has served as Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament,alongside Liam McArthur,since May 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Cowdenbeath constituency since 2016,having previously been an MSP for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 2011 to 2016.
Thomas Harris is a British journalist and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow South,formerly Glasgow Cathcart,from 2001 to 2015. A former member of Scottish Labour,he left the party in August 2018. Since 2021 he has been lead non-executive director of the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Advocate General for Scotland.
James Fitzpatrick is a British politician and former firefighter who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1997 to 2019,for Poplar and Canning Town until 2010 and for Poplar and Limehouse until his retirement. He is a member of the Labour Party.
Andrew Francis Slaughter is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hammersmith,previously Ealing,Acton and Shepherd's Bush,since 2005. He had previously served as Leader of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Council.
Ochil and South Perthshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
Perth and North Perthshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The seat was created in 2005. The seat is statistically,in local percentage terms,the second-closest result of the 2017 contests nationwide.
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath is a county constituency representing the areas around the towns of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath,in Fife,Scotland,in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is currently represented by Alba Party politician Neale Hanvey.
Perth was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918,1918 to 1950,and 1997 to 2005. From 1832 to 1918 it was a burgh constituency. From 1918 to 1950,and 1997 to 2005,it was a county constituency. During each of the three periods it elected one Member of Parliament (MP).
Scottish Labour is a social democratic political party in Scotland. It is an autonomous section of the UK Labour Party. From a high of holding 56 of the 129 seats at the first Scottish parliament election in 1999,the Party has declined each election until getting just 22 MSPs elected at the 2021 election. The party currently holds one of 59 Scottish seats in the UK House of Commons.
Islam in Scotland includes all aspects of the Islamic faith in Scotland. The first Muslim known to have been in Scotland was a medical student who studied at the University of Edinburgh from 1858 to 1859. The production of goods and Glasgow's busy port meant that many lascars were employed there. Most Muslims in Scotland are members of families that immigrated in the later decades of the 20th century. At the 2011 census,Muslims comprised 1.4 per cent of Scotland's population (76,737).
John MacKenzie Nicolson is a Scottish journalist,broadcaster and Scottish National Party (SNP) politician.
Graeme Morrice is a Scottish Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston from 2010 to 2015. Prior to his election to Parliament,he served as the Leader of West Lothian Council from 1995 to 2007.
Iain Aitken Stewart is a British Conservative Party politician and former accountant. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Milton Keynes South since 2010.
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh OBE WS NP is a Scottish politician. She was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Ochil and South Perthshire in May 2015,and has served as the Scottish National Party Trade and Investment spokesperson,Deputy Shadow Leader of the House in the House of Commons,and the SNP's National Women's and Equalities Convener. She was defeated at the 2017 United Kingdom general election. A solicitor and businessperson,and a former actress,Ahmed-Sheikh founded and formerly chaired the Scottish Asian Women's Association.
The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland was held on Thursday 8 June 2017;all 59 seats were contested under the first-past-the-post electoral system.
Luke Patrick Graham is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Ochil and South Perthshire from 2017 to 2019. From September 2018,Graham served in the role of Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Cabinet Office. He was later made PPS to the Ministry of Housing,Communities and Local Government. He held both positions concurrently until the end of the Second May Ministry.
Danielle Rowley is a Scottish Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Midlothian from 2017 to 2019. She served on the opposition front bench as a shadow Business,Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) minister in 2019.
Darren Paul Jones is a British Labour politician serving as Chair of the House of Commons Business,Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee since 2020. He has been the Member of Parliament for Bristol North West since 2017. Jones also runs Labour Digital,a Labour think tank.
