Willie Bain

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Willie Bain

William "Willie" Thomas Bain (* 29. November 1972 ) is a Scottish politician of the Labor Party .

Life

Bain was born at Stobhill Hospital in the Springburn neighborhood of Glasgow . He grew up in the district and attended St. Roch's Secondary School there . He earned a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Strathclyde in 1995 . The following year he was admitted to the bar and graduated with a master's degree in 2004 . Bain was a lecturer at the University of Strathclyde on research into Scottish independence .

Bain is a member of Unite the Union , the Labor political organization Progress , the Fabian Society and Amnesty International .

Political career

Bain was from 1999 Secretary of the Labor Office in his home constituency Glasgow Springburn and from 2005 the successor constituency Glasgow North East . After his party colleague and Speaker of the British House of Commons Michael Martin , who held the mandate of the constituency of Glasgow North East, resigned, by-elections were necessary in this constituency in 2009. The Labor Party set up a Bain for these. With a share of 59.4% of the votes, he received the most votes on election day and subsequently moved into the House of Commons for the first time. There he was a member of the Joint Tax Law Rewrite Bills Committee .

In the regular general election 2010 , Bain was able to increase his share of the vote to 68.4% and thus defended his mandate. Over the course of the legislature, Bain served in the Labor Party's shadow cabinet as Secretary of State for Scotland, Transport, and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. From November 2013 he was a member of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee . With the massive gains in votes by the SNP in the 2015 general election , Bain lost his mandate and left the British House of Commons.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on myparliament.info
  2. ↑ a b c Biographical information ( Memento from January 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Results of the 2009 by-elections
  4. ↑ a b Information from the British Parliament
  5. ↑ Results of the 2010 general election ( 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  6. ↑ Results of the general election 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Bain, Willie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bain, William Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow