Unison is a British trade union. Along with Unite,Unison is one of the two largest trade unions in the United Kingdom,with over 1.2 million members who work predominantly in public services,including local government,education,health and outsourced services.
Thomas Harris is a British journalist and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow South,formerly Glasgow Cathcart,from 2001 to 2015. A former member of Scottish Labour,he left the party in August 2018. Since 2021 he has been lead non-executive director of the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Advocate General for Scotland.
Dame Anne Catherine McGuire is a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 1997 to 2015. She was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 2002 to 2005 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People from 2005 to 2008.
Ann McKechin is a former British Labour Party politician and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Maryhill from 2001 until 2005 and Glasgow North from 2005 to 2015. She was a junior minister under Gordon Brown before becoming a member of Shadow Cabinet of Ed Miliband. She lost her seat to the Scottish National Party in the landslide at the 2015 general election.
Rosemary McKenna is a Scottish Labour Party politician,who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2010. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth at the 1997 general election,and held that seat until its abolition in boundary changes for the 2005 general election. She was then elected as the MP for the new Cumbernauld,Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East,from which she stood down at the next election,in 2010.
John Webster Robertson is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Anniesland and Glasgow North West from 2000 to 2015. Until 2010,he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Yvette Cooper.
Margaret Patricia Curran,Baroness Curran,is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She served in the House of Commons as the member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2010 and 2015,and was Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2011 until 2015. Curran was previously the member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Baillieston from 1999 to 2011,and held a number of posts within the Scottish Executive,including as Minister for Parliamentary Business,Minister for Social Justice,and Minister for Communities.
James Sheridan was a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire North,formerly Renfrewshire West,from 2001 to 2015.
Patricia Josephine Ferguson is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow West since the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Ferguson was also a Glasgow City Council Councillor,until her resignation on September 2nd 2024.
David Anderson is a British politician who served as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2016 to 2017. A member of the Labour Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaydon from 2005 to 2017.
Kathryn Sloan Clark,Baroness Clark of Kilwinning,is a British politician and life peer who has served as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region since 2021. A member of the Labour Party,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Ayrshire and Arran from 2005 to 2015.
Drumchapel,known locally as 'The Drum',is a district in the north-west of the city of Glasgow,Scotland. It borders Bearsden to the north-east and Drumry to the south-west,as well as Blairdardie,Garscadden,Knightswood and Yoker in Glasgow to the south;land to the north is undeveloped and includes the course of the Roman-era Antonine Wall. The name derives from the Gaelic meaning 'the ridge of the horse'.
Scottish Labour,is the part of the UK Labour Party active in Scotland. Ideologically social democratic and unionist,it holds 22 of 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 37 of 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons. It is represented by 266 of the 1,226 local councillors across Scotland. The Scottish Labour party has no separate Chief Whip at Westminster.
David Prentis,Baron Prentis of Leeds is a British trade unionist and former General Secretary of UNISON,the United Kingdom's largest trade union. He was originally elected in 2000. He was re-elected in March 2005 with 77% of the vote,in 2010 with 67% of the vote,and in 2015 with 49% of the vote.
William Kidd is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician,and Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow Anniesland constituency since 2011,having previously represented the Glasgow region from 2007 to 2011.
Christina McKelvie is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Hamilton,Larkhall and Stonehouse since 2011,having previously represented the Central Scotland region from 2007 to 2011.
Leonard David McCluskey is a British trade unionist. He was General Secretary of Unite the Union,the largest affiliate and a major donor to the Labour Party. As a young adult,he spent some years working in the Liverpool Docks for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company prior to becoming a full-time union official for the Transport and General Workers' Union (T&GWU) in 1979.
Anne Margaret McTaggart is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician,and a Glasgow city councillor. She was previously a Scottish Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region from 2011 to 2016.
Events from the year 1958 in Scotland.
Christopher Charles Stephens is a Scottish National Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow South West from 2015 until 2024. He was SNP Spokesperson for Justice and Immigration between September 2023 to July 2024.
