Graeme Downie | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Dunfermline and Dollar | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Majority | 8,241 (18.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Stirling |
Graeme James Downie [1] is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Dunfermline and Dollar since 2024. [2]
Downie attended Craigmount High School in Edinburgh before reading Politics at the University of Stirling,graduating in 2002. He was one of the first in his family to attend university. [2]
Prior to his election to Parliament,he was elected as Councillor for West Fife and Coastal Villages and Health Spokesperson in the Labour-led Fife Council administration. [3] He initially stood down from his role as Health Spokesperson but continued as a councillor then announced his resignation on 4 September 2024. [4] [5]
Downie received a £5,200 donation from Baronet Gordon Dalyell during the 2024 General Election and in September 2023 took trip to Israel funded by Labour Friends of Israel. [6] [7]
Downie lives in Torryburn in the West Fife and Coastal Villages ward of his constituency.
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