Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine,Baron Irvine of Lairg,,known as Derry Irvine,is a Scottish lawyer,judge and politician who served as Lord Chancellor from 1997 to 2003.
Govan is a district,parish,and former burgh now part of south-west Glasgow,Scotland. It is situated 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Glasgow city centre,on the south bank of the River Clyde,opposite the mouth of the River Kelvin and the district of Partick. Historically it was part of the County of Lanark.
The politics of Scotland operate within the constitution of the United Kingdom,of which Scotland is a country. Scotland is a democracy,being represented in both the Scottish Parliament and the Parliament of the United Kingdom since the Scotland Act 1998. Most executive power is exercised by the Scottish Government,led by the First Minister of Scotland,the head of government in a multi-party system. The judiciary of Scotland,dealing with Scots law,is independent of the legislature and the Scottish Government. Scots law is primarily determined by the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government shares some executive powers with the Government of the United Kingdom's Scotland Office,a British government department led by the Secretary of State for Scotland.
Neil Maclean was a Scottish socialist and an Independent Labour Party and later Labour Party Member of Parliament for Govan.
Red Clydeside was the era of political radicalism in Glasgow,Scotland,and areas around the city,on the banks of the River Clyde,such as Clydebank,Greenock,Dumbarton and Paisley,from the 1910s until the early 1930s. Red Clydeside is a significant part of the history of the labour movement in Britain as a whole,and Scotland in particular.
James Reid was a Scottish trade union activist,orator,politician and journalist born in Govan,Glasgow. His role as spokesman and one of the leaders in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in between June 1971 and October 1972 attracted international recognition. He later served as Rector of the University of Glasgow and subsequently became a journalist and broadcaster. Formerly a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain,Reid was later a member of the Labour Party. He moved on to supporting the Scottish Socialist Party in the late 1990s,then joined the Scottish National Party in 2005 and gave his full support to the idea of Scottish independence. He died in 2010 after a long illness.
Michael Goodall Watson,Baron Watson of Invergowrie,is a British Labour Party politician. He has served in two legislatures in the United Kingdom and served as Minister for Culture and Sport in the Scottish Executive Cabinet.
The Scottish Labour Party (SLP),also known as the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party,was formed by Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham,the first socialist MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom,who later went on to become the first president of the Scottish National Party,and Keir Hardie,who later became the first leader of the Independent Labour Party and the Labour Party.
World in Action is a British investigative current affairs programme made by Granada Television for ITV from 7 January 1963 until 7 December 1998. Its campaigning journalism frequently had a major impact on events of the day. Its production teams often took audacious risks,and the programme gained a solid reputation for its often-unorthodox approach. The series was sold around the world and won numerous awards. In its heyday,World in Action drew audiences of up to 23 million in Britain alone,equivalent to almost half the population.
The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that nationalised large parts of the UK aerospace and shipbuilding industries and established two corporations,British Aerospace and British Shipbuilders (s.1).
George Morgan Thomson,Baron Thomson of Monifieth,was a British politician and journalist who served as a Labour MP. He was a member of Harold Wilson's cabinet,and later became a European Commissioner.
Glasgow Govan was a parliamentary constituency in the Govan district of Glasgow. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for 120 years;from 1885 until 2005,returning one Member of Parliament (MP) elected by the first-past-the-post system.
Jack Nixon Browne,Baron Craigton CBE PC was a Scottish Conservative politician.
John Rankin was a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician.
Robert McTaggart was a Scottish politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Central,representing the Labour Party. McTaggart was on the left of his party,and took up issues of unemployment and poor housing which affected his constituency. He also took a particular interest in international affairs,being a supporter of the Palestine Liberation Organization and visiting Libya,North Korea and the Soviet Union. McTaggart died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 43.
Thomas Henderson CBE was a Scottish Labour and Co-operative politician.
Anna Mary Healy,Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill is a British Labour politician and member of the House of Lords.
The city of Glasgow,located in Scotland,UK,is represented in both the Westminster Parliament in London,and the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood,Edinburgh. At Westminster,it is represented by seven Members of Parliament (MPs),all elected to represent individual constituencies at least once every five years,using the first-past-the-post system of voting. In Holyrood,Glasgow is represented by sixteen MSPs,nine of whom are elected to represent individual constituencies once every five years using first-past-the-post,and seven of whom are elected as additional members,through proportional representation.
The Glasgow Tradeston by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 6 July 1911. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,elected by the first past the post voting system.
Bill Bonnar is a founding member of the Scottish Socialist Party.
