Brian Donohoe
Sir Brian Harold Donohoe (born September 10, 1948 in Kilmarnock ) is a Scottish politician .
Life
Donohoe was born in Kilmarnock in 1948, but grew up in Irvine . He attended the Irvine Royal Academy there before moving to Kilmarnock Technical College . Donohoe stayed in the technical field and completed training at the Ailsa shipyard . Between 1970 and 1977 he was employed at the Hunterston Nuclear Power Plant before working as a draftsman at ICI . From 1981 until his election to the British Parliament , Donohoe then worked as district manager for the trade union NALGO .
Donohoe is married and has two children.
Political career
After Labor politician David Lambie did not run for the general election in 1992 , the Labor Party named Donohoe in his constituency Cunninghame South as his successor. On election day he received 52.9% of the vote and subsequently moved into the House of Commons for the first time. In the subsequent elections in 1997 and 2001 Donohoe defended his mandate safely.
As part of constituency reform, the Cunninghame South constituency was dissolved at the end of the electoral term. At the 2005 general election candidate Donohoe therefore in the newly created constituency of Central Ayrshire , where large parts of his old constituency had risen. He won the mandate and defended it in the 2010 general election . As a result of the SNP's massive vote gains , Donohoe resigned from the House of Commons in the 2015 general election at the age of 66. The mandate was won by the SNP candidate Philippa Whitford .
In Parliament, Donohoe was a member of various committees on the subject of transport. In 2008 he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Andrew Adonis , who initially held a junior ministerial position in the Department of Transport. Donohoe kept this position when Adonis was installed as Minister of Transport.
Individual evidence
- ^ Brian Donohoe in Hansard (English)
- ↑ a b c d Biographical information
- ↑ Results of the general election in 1992 ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Results of the general election in 1997 and 2001
- ↑ Results of the lower house elections 2005 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results of the 2010 general election ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results of the general election 2015
- ↑ Information from the British Parliament
Web links
- Brian Donohoe at Hansard (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Donohoe, Brian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Donohoe, Brian Harold (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kilmarnock |