Duncan McNeil

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Duncan McNeil

Duncan McNeil , (born September 7, 1950 in Greenock ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Labor Party .

Life

McNeil trained as a boiler maker at a shipyard. From 1981 he worked for the GMB union. He continued his education and eventually became the union's regional coordinator.

In the first Scottish general election in 1999, McNeil ran for the first time to national elections. He applied for the direct mandate of the constituency Greenock and Inverclyde and was able to win it with a clear lead over the candidate of the Liberal Democrats , Ross Finnie . In Parliament he acted as a whip in the Labor Group. McNeil defended his mandate in the 2003 and 2007 general elections . In 2011 he received the mandate from Greenock and Inverclyde again, but despite slight gains in votes, he only just defended it from the SNP candidate Stuart McMillan .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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.scottish.parliament.uk
  2. ↑ a b Information from the Labor Party ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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.scottishlabour.org.uk
  3. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
  4. ↑ Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from August 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  6. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  7. ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
personal data
SURNAME McNeil, Duncan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenock