He is currently the convenor of the Cross Party Group on Nuclear Disarmament and deputy convenor of the Cross Party Group on Human Trafficking. He previously served as chief whip from 2012 to 2018 and as senior deputy whip from 2007 to 2012.
Outside of Holyrood,Kidd also serves as co-president of the international organisation Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND). He has represented PNND at the United Nations,including delivering PNND's address to the 10th NPT Review Conference in August 2022. In 2016 Kidd was named,in his capacity as co-president,in a nomination of PNND for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was singled out for his dedicated work campaigning against nuclear weapons.[1]
Early life
He was a clerk at the Clydebank District Council,before enrolling as a mature student. Before entering politics,Kidd also worked as a clerk at the Western Infirmary and Glasgow Dental Hospital for many years. [2]
In 2011,he was elected as MSP for Glasgow Anniesland,defeating the Labour candidate by only seven votes.[5] In the 2016 election,Kidd retained the seat,this time with a majority of 6,153 votes. He Kidd won the seat for Anniesland again in 2021,this time winning 17,501 seats ahead of second-placed Scottish Labour candidate Eva Murray's 10,932.
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