Bill Kidd
William "Bill" Kidd (born July 24, 1956 ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
Political career
Kidd first appeared in the 1987 general election as a candidate for the Glasgow Hillhead constituency for the SNP, but won no mandate. He then resigned from the SNP and founded the Scottish Socialist Party , which has no connection with the current party of the same name . When a new election in Glasgow was required in 1989 as a result of the demise of the envoy Robert McTaggart , Kidd ran as a candidate for the SSP, but could only collect 137 of the 26,535 valid votes (0.5%). In the same year he rejoined the SNP and ran in the 2001 general election for the constituency of Cunninghame South , which he was unable to win for his party.
In the Scottish parliamentary elections in 2003 and 2007 he stood as a candidate for the SNP for the constituency of Glasgow Anniesland and received the second largest number of votes with 3888 (17.6%) and 6177 (27.9%) respectively, but was subject to the candidate the Labor Party , Bill Butler . In 2007, however, Kidd managed to enter the Scottish Parliament as a list candidate for the SNP for the Glasgow electoral region . In the 2011 Scottish general election , Kidd finally won the direct mandate for Glasgow Anniesland by just seven votes ahead of Bill Butler. This was the narrowest win of any constituency in this election. Given that Glasgow Anniesland was the former constituency of the late Labor politician Donald Dewar , Scotland's First Minister, and a stronghold of the Labor Party, some significance was attached to this victory. In the following general election in 2016 , Kidd defended his direct mandate.
Since May 2007, in addition to his work in Parliament, Kidd was also a member of the Glasgow City Council , but resigned from this office in 2009 to concentrate on his work as a parliamentarian.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on the pages of the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ a b Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from February 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from March 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Summary on guardian.co.uk
- ↑ Contribution to the election result in Glasgow Anniesland ( Memento from March 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Results of the 2016 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
- ^ S. Paterson: Glasgow MSP steps down from council , Evening Times, April 24, 2009
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kidd, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kidd, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1956 |