John Robertson (politician, 1952)

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John Robertson

John Robertson (* 17th April 1952 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish politician of the Labor Party .

Life

Robertson was born in Anniesland , Glasgow, in 1952 . He attended the local elementary school and later moved to Shawlands Academy . He trained at the General Post Office (later British Telecom and BT ) and rose within the company. Robertson is a member of the Communication Workers Union and has chaired the West Scottish Section.

Political career

After the death of the first Scottish First Minister Donald Dewar in 2000 , by-elections were held in his constituency of Glasgow Anniesland on November 23rd. To these, the Labor Party put Robertson, who previously acted as his advisor, as Dewar's successor. With a share of the vote of 52.1%, Robertson won the mandate and subsequently moved into the British House of Commons for the first time . In the following regular elections in 2001 he held his mandate.

As part of the constituency revision, Robertson's Glasgow Anniesland constituency was dissolved at the end of the term. Robertson therefore applied in the general election in 2005 for the mandate of the newly created constituency of Glasgow North West . On election day he prevailed against six opponents and kept his seat in parliament. Until 2008 Robertson held a position as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) under Junior Minister Kim Howells in the State Department. He was then PPS under Yvette Cooper , who was first Chief Secretary to the Treasury , then Minister of Labor.

In the following general election in 2010 , Robertson defended his mandate safely. In the Labor Party's shadow cabinet , he was designated as Minister of the Interior. After the SNP gained massive votes in the 2015 general election , Robertson lost the majority of votes in his constituency and left the British House of Commons. The mandate went to the SNP candidate Carol Monaghan .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Robertson in Hansard (English)
  2. ↑ a b http://www.john-robertson.co.uk/about-me/ ( Memento from December 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Robert Waller, Byron Criddle: The Almanac of British Politics , 8th Edition, Routledge, London, 2007, p. 471. ISBN 0-415-37824-9
  4. ↑ Information from the British Parliament
  5. ↑ Results of the 2001 general election ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Results of the general election 2005 ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ a b http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/john-robertson/25349 ( Memento from March 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Results of the general election 2010 ( Memento from May 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Results of the general election 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Robertson, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow