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REID, John Rt Hon Dr |
Airdrie and Shotts |
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 Member for Airdrie and Shotts since 2005 (Hamilton North and Bellshill since 1992); Member for Motherwell North since 1987. Committees: Former Joint Chair, All-Party Group on Uganda; Joint Vice-Chair, APG on Azerbaijan, Belize and Russia; Member, APG on the Balkans, Central Asia, Latin America. Political career: Home Secretary 2006-07; Secretary of State for Defence 2005-06; Secretary of State for Health 2003-05; appointed President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons 2003; Party Chair and Minister without Portfolio 2002-03; Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 2001-02; Secretary of State for Scotland 1999-2001; Minister of Transport 1997-99; Minister of State, Ministry of Defence 1997-98 (Deputy to the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence 1995); Organiser for Trade Unions for Labour 1986-87; Adviser to the Rt Hon Neil Kinnock 1983-86; Researcher, Labour Party, Scotland 1979-83. Special political interests: Defence, foreign affairs. Education: Stirling University, PhD Economic History. Languages spoken: French. Hobbies: Football, history, crosswords. b. 8 May 1947. Widowed 1998 with two sons, remarried 2002.
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2001 |
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| LAB HOLD |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
19,568 |
59 |
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18,478 |
58.2 |
| SNP |
5,484 |
16.5 |
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6,138 |
19.3 |
| Lib Dem |
3,792 |
11.4 |
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2,376 |
7.5 |
| Conservative |
3,271 |
9.9 |
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1,960 |
6.2 |
| Scot Unionist |
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1,439 |
4.5 |
| Scot Soc |
706 |
2.1 |
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1,171 |
3.7 |
| Scot Ind |
337 |
1 |
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| Scot Lab |
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174 |
0.5 |
| Majority |
14,084 |
42.5 |
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12,340 |
38.9 |
| Turnout |
33,158 |
53.5 |
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31,736 |
54.4 |
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