William McKelvey

William McKelvey (born July 8, 1934 - October 19, 2016 ) was a Scottish politician .

Political career

For the first time McKelvey came to the general election in 1979 to elections at the national level. He ran for the Labor Party for the mandate of the constituency of Kilmarnock , which his party colleague William Ross represented since 1946, who no longer ran for these elections. McKelvey won the mandate safely and subsequently moved into the British House of Commons for the first time .

At the end of the electoral term, the Kilmarnock constituency was dissolved. For the following elections McKelvey ran in the constituency of Kilmarnock and Loudoun , in which large parts of the dissolved constituency had gone up. In the subsequent elections in 1987 and 1992 , he defended his mandate. At the general election in 1997 McKelvey has not raced for more. The mandate was won by his party colleague and later Minister Des Browne . A total of 1087 speeches by McKelvey are recorded in Parliament.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/24/willie-mckelvey-obituary
2. ↑ ^{a b} William McKelvey in Hansard (English)
3. ^ Results of the 1979 general election
4. ^ Results of the general election in 1983
5. ↑ Results of the lower house elections 1987 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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 May 8, 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. 
7. ^ Results of the 1997 general election

Web links

• William McKelvey at Hansard (English)