Who preceded Willie Bain as MP for Glasgow North East?
"Glasgow North East (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow North East is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It was first contested at the 2005 general election. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Paul Sweeney of the Scottish Labour and Co-operative Party, who won his seat from the SNP's Anne McLaughlin at the 2017 snap general election with a narrow majority of 242 votes. From the seat's creation until 2009, the constituency was represented by Michael Martin, previously MP for Glasgow Springburn from 1979. Martin was elected Speaker of the"
"became known as the ""Bain Principle"" among nationalists. Bain, like most Labour MPs in Scotland, lost his seat in 2015 to the SNP, with Anne McLaughlin winning the seat. Willie Bain William Thomas Bain (born 29 November 1972) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East from 2009 to 2015. Under the leadership of Ed Miliband, Bain served as Shadow Minister for Food and was later Shadow Scotland Office Minister, supporting the Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran. Since leaving parliament in 2015, he is now a Head of Fintech & Financial Services"
"Willie Bain William Thomas Bain (born 29 November 1972) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East from 2009 to 2015. Under the leadership of Ed Miliband, Bain served as Shadow Minister for Food and was later Shadow Scotland Office Minister, supporting the Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran. Since leaving parliament in 2015, he is now a Head of Fintech & Financial Services at Inline Policy, a political consultancy for innovative businesses. Born at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow, son of William, a lift engineer, and Catherine, a payroll clerk, Willie Bain grew"
"1973 Glasgow Govan by-election The Glasgow Govan by-election was held on 8 November 1973, following the death of John Rankin, Labour Party Member of Parliament for the Glasgow Govan constituency. Rankin had died one month earlier, on 8 October 1973. Rankin had held the seat since 1955. With the exception of a narrow Conservative victory in 1950, the seat had been solidly Labour-held since 1918. For the by-election the Labour Party nominated Harry Selby, a veteran activist in Glasgow and a former Trotskyist. The Conservative Party, long the main opposition in the constituency, nominated John Mair, but as they were"
"(died 1843) and James Robert Bain. Sir James Bain Sir James Bain of Crofthead (1817–1898) was a Scottish iron-founder who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1874 to 1877. Bain Street in Glasgow is named after him. He was born in Glasgow on 22 January 1817 the son of Robert Bain (died 1838). He was general manager of William Baird & Co, coal and ironmasters. His house at 3 Park Terrace just east of Kelvingrove Park was designed in 1855 by Charles Wilson and famously had a room lined in real gold. Visitors to this wonder included Ulysses Grant."
"Sir James Bain Sir James Bain of Crofthead (1817–1898) was a Scottish iron-founder who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1874 to 1877. Bain Street in Glasgow is named after him. He was born in Glasgow on 22 January 1817 the son of Robert Bain (died 1838). He was general manager of William Baird & Co, coal and ironmasters. His house at 3 Park Terrace just east of Kelvingrove Park was designed in 1855 by Charles Wilson and famously had a room lined in real gold. Visitors to this wonder included Ulysses Grant. He became a town councillor in"
"National Party's Margaret Bain. When his constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the 1983 general election, he was elected for the new Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency, which he represented at Westminster until he stood down at the 1997 general election. During his time in the House of Commons he was a member of the Select Committee on Scottish Affairs from 1979 to 1982, Chairman of the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Group in 1981–82, Scottish Labour Whip in 1982–83, Deputy Chief Opposition Whip from 1983 to 1987, Scottish Affairs Spokesman in 1987–88, and a Member of the Public Accounts Committee in"
"defeated by Anne McLaughlin of the SNP in 2015. The Glasgow City wards of Ashfield, Carntyne, Cowlairs, Dennistoun, Gartcraig, Keppochhill, Milnbank, Milton, Robroyston, Royston, Springburn, and Wallacewell. Glasgow North East is one of seven constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the council area. Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by ten constituencies, two of which straddled the boundaries of other council areas. The North East constituency includes most of the former Glasgow Springburn constituency and a small part of the former Glasgow Maryhill constituency. The population of the constituency was"
"1863 and was elected Lord Provost in 1874 and knighted by Queen Victoria in 1877. He was Deputy Chairman of the Clyde Navigation Trust and together with Sir James Lumsden organised the building of the Prince's Dock on the River Clyde. He was MP for Whitehaven 1891/2 and founded the Whitehaven Ironworks there. Bain died on 25 April 1898. He is buried with his family in the churchyard of Glasgow Cathedral. Bain's gold room was restored 1992 to 1995. He was portrayed in office by Sir Daniel Macnee. He was married to Mary Dove. Their children included John Dove Bain"
"William Alexander Bain William Alexander Bain FRSE ScD (20 August 1905 – 24 August 1971) was a Scottish pharmacologist, best known for his early work with antihistamine drugs. He was born in Dunbar in East Lothian, the son of Grace Martin Brough and Rev Alexander Wright Bain. He attended Broxburn High School and Bathgate Academy. In 1923, Bain entered the University of Edinburgh and, after a year, qualified to enter the final honours schools of physiology and of zoology. He graduated in 1928 with first-class honours in physiology—the first to do so in Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer's new science school. In"
"May 2011 Scottish Parliament election but was unsuccessful. She was chosen by party members at a selection meeting in Greenock to contest the Inverclyde constituency in the June 2011 UK Parliament by-election. However, Labour retained the seat on a 5,835 majority which was reduced from 14,416. McLaughlin was elected to the UK Parliament in the 2015 general election, for the Glasgow North East constituency. She won the seat from the Labour Party candidate Willie Bain on a swing of 39%, breaking the record for the biggest swing in a General Election. She then lost the seat to Labour candidate Paul"
"Park, Graeme Pearson, Richard Simpson. MPs: Willie Bain, Gordon Banks, Alistair Darling, Russell Brown, Thomas Docherty, Brian Donohoe, Frank Doran, Gemma Doyle, Mark Lazarowicz, Anne McGuire, Jim Murphy, Frank Roy. MEPs: Catherine Stihler. At the close of nominations, three candidates had secured the required parliamentary nominations to achieve a place on the ballot paper. Profile - MP for the Glasgow South West constituency since 1992, (Glasgow Govan 1992-1997, Glasgow Pollok 1997-2005). Chairman of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee since 2010. Parliamentary nominations - MSPs: Neil Findlay, Elaine Smith. MPs: Katy Clark, Michael Connarty, Ian Davidson, Brian Donohoe, Jim McGovern, Sandra"
"Secretary of State for Scotland. Willie Bain, then-MP for Glasgow North East, also became Curran's new deputy as Shadow Scotland Office Minister, replacing Tom Greatrex. For the year 2013–14, Curran was criticised for claiming more than £180,000 in expenses on top of her salary, including more than £19,000 on accommodation and nearly £16,000 on travel (as listed on the Independent Parliamentary Standards authority website). At the 2015 general election, she lost her seat to Natalie McGarry of the Scottish National Party. This was a landslide defeat for Scottish Labour; who lost forty of the forty-one seats they were defending, and"
"of Glasgow East, Marshall had continually held the predecessor seat of Glasgow Shettleston since 1979. Shettleston had been held continuously by previous Labour Party members since an Independent Labour Party member defected to Labour in 1947. The Glasgow Baillieston constituency, and its predecessor seat Glasgow Provan, had always returned Labour MPs since its creation in 1955. In the 2007 Scottish parliamentary elections Labour lost power to the SNP, who formed a minority government. In this election, the SNP deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon won the neighbouring Glasgow Govan Scottish Parliament constituency with a swing from Labour of 10.7%, while all"
"National Party MPs and 1 Labour MP; the Glasgow North East constituency which had a record 39.3% swing from Labour to SNP at the previous general election, was regained by Paul Sweeney of the Labour Party, who narrowly defeated sitting SNP MP Anne McLaughlin by 242 votes. In the Scottish independence referendum, Glasgow voted ""Yes"" by a margin of 53.5% to 46.5%. In the Brexit referendum, results varied from constituency to constituency. Glasgow North recorded the biggest remain vote with 78% opting to stay in the EU whilst in Glasgow East this figure dropped to 56% – the smallest remain"
"1981 provincial election, and was again defeated by Havrot. He remained active in the NDP and was president of the Timiksaming NDP riding association in 1989 when party leader Bob Rae was arrested after joining an anti-logging protest in the environmentally sensitive forests of Temagami. Bain criticized Rae's participation in the protest saying, ""He should have consulted with the riding association before plunging into the middle of this... His approach is typical to people in Toronto who never get outside the city except on summer vacations."" Robert Bain (politician) Robert (Bob) Bain (born March 6, 1946) is a former politician"
"antihistamine agents. He measured the area of a wheal provoked by the intradermal injection of histamine before, and at various times after, an antihistamine drug. He was awarded a D.Sc. from Edinburgh University in 1953 for his work entitled "" Contributions to the study of histamine antagonists in man."" The work of Bain and his department gave rise to the adrenergic-neurone blocking drugs which now play an important role in the control of hypertension. William died at Oakdene in Digswell, Hertfordshire. William Alexander Bain William Alexander Bain FRSE ScD (20 August 1905 – 24 August 1971) was a Scottish pharmacologist,"
"Scottish seats – Clydesdale (1992 and 1997), Edinburgh West (1992), Glasgow Central (2005), Glasgow Govan (1997), Glasgow North East (2005, 2009 by election) and Glasgow Shettleston (1983 and 1997) – until the 2010 General election, when it contested 13 which covered all Glasgow constituencies and parts of the north-east but failed to save any deposits. In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election, the BNP only stood one candidate, Peter Appleby, in the Glasgow electoral region; he polled 2,344 votes (1.1%), 0.001% of the nationwide vote. In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the BNP competed in all the Scottish Parliamentary electoral regions,"
"was president of the student group at the university. She was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire at the October 1974 election, by just 22 votes, when she was known as Margaret Bain; she had failed to win the seat at the previous election in February. At one point she burst into tears in the House of Commons when a devolution proposal was defeated. With the downturn in SNP electoral fortunes at the 1979 Election she lost her seat in the House of Commons. After working for a period as an administrator in social services in Glasgow,"
"as Gordon was selected by Labour. She defeated Bill Kidd, twice a candidate elsewhere in Glasgow and the SNP Trade Union Group organiser and Tommy Tonner, a Glasgow-based consultant. The Scottish Socialist Party chose Ronnie Stevenson; the Liberal Democrats, Arthur Sanderson; and former Lord Provost of Glasgow Pat Lally, who stood as an independent in the seat in 2003, fought it once again. Richard Cook, who also stood in the seat in 2003, was the Conservative candidate whilst the Greens picked Chloe Stewart, a 31-year-old NHS employee in Glasgow, and the UKIP chose Bryan McCormack. Chris Creighton put his name"
"to be the dominant political entity in Glasgow, and indeed in the rest of Scotland, in 2015. In the general election of that year they lost all their seats in Glasgow to the SNP. In the election of 2017, Labour regained Glasgow North East, but the other six Glasgow constituencies were again won by the SNP. The album ""Red Clydeside"" by Alistair Hulett & Dave Swarbrick contains nine songs about the movement, particularly the anti-war protests and the rent strike. The Red Clydeside movement was also featured in John McGrath's play ""Little Red Hen"", performed by . Red Clydeside Red"
"20% Lib Dem on 14%. However, in an opinion poll conducted solely within the Glasgow East constituency, released on 12 July, Labour led on 47%, SNP on 33%, Liberal Democrats on 9% and the Conservatives on 7%. When nominations closed, there were nine candidates. The SNP chose John Mason, a longtime resident of the constituency, and leader of the opposition on Glasgow City Council. The Labour Party had some difficulty finding a candidate. The most likely initial choice, local councillor George Ryan, failed to attend a selection meeting. The position was then offered to Stephen Purcell, the Labour leader of"
"by Labour and the SNP. The seat is entirely within the Glasgow City Council area, taking in the areas of Baillieston, Carmyle, Easterhouse, Parkhead, Shettleston and Tollcross. Glasgow East is one of seven constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the council area. Glasgow East comprises the Glasgow City wards of Baillieston, Barlanark, Braidfauld, Easterhouse, Garrowhill, Garthamlock, Greenfield, Mount Vernon, Parkhead, Queenslie, Shettleston, and Tollcross Park. Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by ten constituencies, of which two straddled boundaries with other council areas. The Glasgow East constituency includes the area"
"post, in 1941. Jock McBain John McKenzie McBain (27 August 1882 – 28 January 1941) was a Scottish trade unionist and political activist. Born in Edinburgh, McBain grew up in Elgin before completing an apprenticeship in a foundry in Glasgow. He devoted his spare time to wrestling until an injury force him to quit the sport, and in 1906 he decided instead to focus on trade unionism. He joined the Associated Iron Moulders of Scotland and the Independent Labour Party (ILP), but Tom Bell convinced him to leave the ILP and join the Marxist Socialist Labour Party. McBain was elected"
"of Cowcaddens, Cowlairs, and Springburn. 1955-1974: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Cowlairs and Springburn. 1974-1983: The County of the City of Glasgow wards of Cowlairs, Dennistoun, and Springburn. 1983-1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Alexandra Park/Dennistoun and Keppochhill/Cowlairs. 1997-2005: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Carntyne/Robroyston, Royston/Dennistoun, and Springburn/Barmulloch. Glasgow Springburn (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Springburn was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until the 2005 general election, when it was largely replaced by the Glasgow North East constituency. The Member"
"2008 Glasgow East by-election The 2008 Glasgow East by-election was a by-election for the UK Parliamentary constituency of Glasgow East which was held on 24 July 2008. The election was triggered when, on 30 June 2008, the sitting MP David Marshall stood down due to ill health. The by-election was won by John Mason, candidate of the Scottish National Party, who defeated the Labour candidate Margaret Curran. Curran would subsequently regain the seat for Labour in the 2010 general election. The election was significant as it was the second safe Labour seat to be contested, and to be lost, since"
"Twelve candidates stood, which was at the time, the most at any Scottish by-election. This figure was surpassed, when thirteen candidates stood at the 2009 by-election in Glasgow North East. Polling day for the by-election was on 23 September. The Labour Party narrowly held on to the seat, after a recount; the Liberal Democrats polled poorly, their sixth place was the worst placing at a by-election by any major party since the Conservative candidate in the Upper Bann by-election, 1990 also came sixth; in by-elections in seats in Great Britain; it was the lowest since the Liberal candidate in the"
"SNP. The seat was succeeded by Glasgow East in 2005. The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Baillieston/Mount Vernon, Garthamlock/Easterhouse, and Greenfield/Barlanark. Glasgow Baillieston (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Baillieston was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system. Created for the 1997 general election, it took 54% of its voters from the previous Glasgow Shettleston constituency and 46% from the Glasgow Provan constituency. It included the areas of Easterhouse, Crosshill, Carmyle, Muirhead, Barlanark, Queenslie, Greenfield, and Garthamlock. In 1997, the"
"Osborne, John Robertson, Jim Sheridan. MEPs: David Martin. Profile - MSP for the Aberdeen Central constituency, 1999-2011. MSP for the North East Scotland region since 2011. Parliamentary nominations - MSPs: Richard Baker, Malcolm Chisholm, Helen Eadie, Mary Fee, Lewis Macdonald, Margaret McCulloch, Margaret McDougall, Elaine Murray, Richard Simpson, David Stewart. MPs: Anne Begg, Frank Doran, Tom Harris. Profile - MP for the Glasgow Central constituency since 2010. Parliamentary nominations - MSPs: Jackie Baillie, Claire Baker, Claudia Beamish, Neil Bibby, Kezia Dugdale, Patricia Ferguson, Mark Griffin, James Kelly, Hanzala Malik, Jenny Marra, Paul Martin, Michael McMahon, Siobhan McMahon, Duncan McNeil, Anne"
"in Glasgow Baillieston and Glasgow Govan respectively. The SSA's electoral stance was that there needed to be a left-wing alternative to New Labour and the SNP, and the SSA felt that the experience had been enough of a success to go on to form the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) in 1998, with Tommy Sheridan as its convenor, in advance of the Scottish Parliament general election, 1999. The SSP contested the by-election for the European Parliament constituent of North East Scotland that took place in November 1998. In April 1999 the SSP announced their manifesto for the first elections to the"
"Glasgow Springburn (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Springburn was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until the 2005 general election, when it was largely replaced by the Glasgow North East constituency. The Member of Parliament, Michael Martin, formerly a member of the Labour Party, was elected Speaker of the House of Commons in 2000 and held the post until his resignation in 2009. By convention, the major parties (Labour, Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats) do not stand against a sitting Speaker in a general election, and in the 2001 and 2005"
"held on February 3, 1892 after the votes in the previous election were declared void. He won this by-election and again the election was declared void on November 11, 1892 and yet again he won another by-election on December 13, 1892. James William Bain James William Bain (June 22, 1838 – October 27, 1909) was a Canadian politician and merchant. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1883 as a Member of the historical Conservative Party in the riding of Soulanges after Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu was unseated in a by-election. That election was later declared"
"of Commons seat of Glasgow North East at the 2009 by-election, which was triggered by the resignation of Labour MP and Speaker of the House, Michael Martin. She finished in third place, with 1,075 votes (5.2% share of the vote). In February 2010, she tried to seek the Conservative party candidacy for Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, England. She made the shortlist but in the end lost out to Sajid Javid. In May 2010 she ran again in Glasgow North East at the 2010 general election the following year, where she finished in fourth place with 1,569 votes (5.3% share of the"