David Marshall (politician, 1941)

David Marshall (* 7. May 1941 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish politician of the Labor Party .

Life

Marshall was born in Glasgow in 1941. He attended Larbert High School and Woodside Senior School in Glasgow. After finishing school, Marschall worked as a farmer, office worker and bus driver. He is married and has a daughter and two sons.

Political career

After Myer Galpern , who had represented the constituency of Glasgow Shettleston in the British House of Commons since 1959 , did not run for the 1979 general election, the Labor Party named Marshall as his successor. On election day he received 61.1% of the vote and subsequently moved into the House of Commons for the first time. He gave his maiden speech on May 23 of the same year. In the following elections in 1983 , 1987 , 1992 , 1997 and 2001 , Marshall defended his mandate.

As part of the constituency revision, Marshall's Glasgow Shettleston constituency was dissolved at the end of the electoral term. Marshall therefore applied for the mandate of the newly created constituency of Glasgow East in the 2005 general election . On election day he prevailed against four opponents and kept his parliamentary seat. In June 2008, Marshall announced his resignation for health reasons. On June 30 of the same year he was installed as Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead , an office without duties given to MPs with no right of resignation to allow them to withdraw from day-to-day politics.

Although Marshall was still able to win 60.7% of the vote for the Labor Party in the 2005 elections, his successor Margaret Curran missed the mandate. This was secured by SNP candidate John Mason . This result was viewed as a political disaster and a consequence of Gordon Brown's policies .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} David Marshall in Hansard (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b} http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/biography/0,,-3378,00.html ( Memento from January 15, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Results of the 1979 general election ( 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. 
4. ↑ Results of the parliamentary elections in 1983 ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2012 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. 
5. ↑ Results of the lower house elections 1987 ( Memento of the original from March 3, 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. 
6. ↑ Results of the general election in 1992 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2017 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. 
7. ^ Results of the general election in 1997 and 2001
8. ↑ 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. 
9. ^ The Telegraph: Labor MP David Marshall to quit causing Brown more by election woe , June 27, 2008
10. ^ Information from the British Government
11. ↑ Results of the 2008 by-elections
12. ^ The Telegraph: Glasgow East by-election: Humiliation for Gordon Brown as Labor loses to SNP , July 25, 2008.

Web links

• David Marshall at Hansard (English)