Douglas Alexander

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Douglas Alexander (2008)

Douglas Alexander Garven (* 26. October 1967 in Glasgow ) is a British politician of the Labor Party . He was a Member of the House of Commons for the Scottish constituency of Paisley South from 1997 to 2015 , after the constituency reform of 2005 Paisley and Renfrewshire South . After holding various government functions, he was most recently Minister for International Development in Gordon Brown's cabinet . He has been shadow foreign minister since January 20, 2011 .

Early life

Alexander was born in Glasgow to a minister (parish priest) of the Church of Scotland . Alexander went to Park Mains High School in Erskine , Renfrewshire. In 1984 he moved to Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific in Canada , where he graduated with the International Baccalaureate . He then studied politics and modern history at the University of Edinburgh .

After a year working as a speechwriter and a research assistant for Gordon Brown, the then Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry, he returned to the University of Edinburgh to law study. He graduated in 1993 with an LL.B. and then qualified as a solicitor .

Political career

In the by-election to the House of Commons in the Perth and Kinross constituency , he ran for the Scottish Labor Party in 1995 and finished second. In the next regular election in the then newly formed constituency Perth and Perthshire North , he was third despite an improvement in his voting result. In the same year he ran in a by-election for the constituency of Paisley South and was elected on November 6, 1997. He was re-elected in the next election in 2001 with a significant increase in votes. In 2005 and 2010 he was elected to the successor constituency of Paisley and Renfrewshire South .

After his successful role as election campaign manager, he became Minister of State in 2001 (comparable to a State Secretary in Germany) with responsibility for "e-commerce and competitiveness" in the Department of Trade and Industry . In 2002 he moved to the Cabinet Office , the Prime Minister's office. In 2003 he was promoted to Minister of the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster . In September 2004 he became Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs at the Department of Commerce and Foreign Affairs. After the election in 2005 he became Minister of State for Europe with cabinet rank in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As a result, he became a member of the Privy Council on June 7, 2005 . On May 5, 2006, he became Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland. After Gordon Brown took office in 2007, he became Secretary of State for International Development.

After the Labor defeat in 2010, Douglas Alexander was first shadow minister for international development, then for work and pensions and finally on 21 January 2011 shadow minister of foreign affairs (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs). In the general election in 2015 , Alexander could not prevail against the SNP candidate Mhairi Black and he subsequently left the British House of Commons.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Labor MPs. (No longer available online.) In: Labor Party. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.labour.org.uk
  2. ↑ a b c d Douglas Alexander MP. (No longer available online.) In: Westminster Parliamentary Record. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parliamentaryrecord.com
  3. ^ A b Douglas Alexander: Electoral history and profile. In: The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 5, 2009 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Her Majesty's Official Opposition. In: UK Parliament. Retrieved January 31, 2011 .
  5. ↑ a b c d Profile Douglas Alexander. (No longer available online.) In: NewStatesman. Archived from the original on June 28, 2010 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / yourdemocracy.newstatesman.com
  6. ^ Perth and Kinross: Constituency. In: The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English).
  7. ^ Perth and Perthshire North: Constituency. In: The Guardian. Archived from the original on April 23, 2010 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English).
  8. ^ A b Paisley and Renfrewshire South: Constituency. In: The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 12, 2009 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English).
  9. ↑ a b c Information from the British Parliament ( Memento of December 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Your Representative: Douglas Alexander, MP. In: BBC - Democracy Live. Retrieved January 31, 2011 .
  11. ^ Privy Counselors. (No longer available online.) In: Privy Council Office. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.privy-council.org.uk
  12. ↑ Privy Council Orders: 07 June 2005. (DOC) (No longer available online.) In: Privy Council Office. Archived from the original on November 3, 2010 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.privy-council.org.uk
  13. ^ Secretary of State for International Development: The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP. In: Archive of the Prime Minister's Office. Archived from the original on December 7, 2007 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English).
  14. ↑ Results of the general election 2015
personal data
SURNAME Alexander, Douglas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alexander, Douglas Garven (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Labor Party politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow