James Dornan
James Dornan (born March 17, 1953 ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
Life
Dornan attended St Mirin's Primary School and Holyrood Secondary School in Glasgow .
Political career
For the first time Dornan appeared in the general election in 2005 for national elections. He ran for the SNP in the Glasgow South West constituency , but was only able to get the second highest number of votes behind Labor politician Ian Davidson and thus missed the entry into the House of Commons . In 2007 he was elected to the Glasgow City Council.
In the same year he ran in the Scottish general election in the constituency of Glasgow Cathcart , whose direct mandate, however, won the Labor candidate Charles Gordon . In the 2011 parliamentary elections , Dornan finally won the direct mandate of Glasgow Cathcart with a lead of around 1,600 votes over Gordon and moved into the Scottish Parliament for the first time . Dornan defended his direct mandate in the following general election in 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
- ↑ the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
- ↑ Results of the 2016 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
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| SURNAME | Dornan, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1953 |