The University of Strathclyde is a public research university located in Glasgow,Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute,it is Glasgow's second-oldest university,having received its royal charter in 1964 as the first technological university in the United Kingdom. Taking its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde,it is Scotland's third-largest university by number of students,with students and staff from over 100 countries.
Sandra Currie Osborne is a Scottish Labour politician,who was the Member of Parliament for Ayr,Carrick and Cumnock from the 2005 to 2015 general elections. She was first elected as MP for the Ayr constituency in 1997,and resigned from a government job in 2003 over the Iraq War. She was a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2005 to 2010 and again from 2013. She was a member of the Defence Select Committee 2010-13 and was a member of the Council of Europe.
Bridget Theresa Prentice is a British politician,who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East from 1992 to 2010. She was married to the Labour MP Gordon Prentice from 1975 until their divorce in 2000. She was a member of the Labour Party until May 2019,when she resigned in protest at Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.
Douglas John Henderson is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne North from 1987 to 2010. In 2015,he was appointed chairman of Falkirk F.C.,a position he held until June 2017.
John Francis McFall,Baron McFall of Alcluith,is a Scottish politician,now the Lord Speaker having previously been Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords from 1 September 2016 to 30 April 2021. He was previously a Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament from 1987 to 2010,first for Dumbarton and then from 2005 for West Dunbartonshire. He also served as Chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Committee.
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.
Lincoln College is a predominantly further education college based in the City of Lincoln,England.
Gilbert Martin Paterson is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician,who served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Clydebank and Milngavie,from 2011 to 2021. Previously he had been an MSP for the West of Scotland region,having been elected on 3 May 2007. From 1999 to 2003 he was an MSP for Central Scotland.
East Dunbartonshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The seat is possibly best known for formerly being the constituency of Jo Swinson,the former Leader of the Liberal Democrats who was defeated at the 2019 general election. The current MP for the constituency is Amy Callaghan of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
West Dunbartonshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election and covers the same area as the county of West Dunbartonshire.
Ian Campbell was a Scottish politician who served as a backbench Labour Member of Parliament (MP) of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1987.
David Marshall is a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Shettleston from 1979 to 2005,then for Glasgow East from 2005 to 2008.
Clydebank and Milngavie was a county constituency in Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005,when it was redistributed to West Dunbartonshire and East Dunbartonshire as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.
Larkhall railway station serves the town of Larkhall,South Lanarkshire,Scotland. The station is the south-eastern terminus of the Argyle Line,16+1⁄4 miles (26.2 km) south east of Glasgow Central railway station.
Des McNulty,is a Scottish Labour Party politician,who served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency from 1999 to 2011,serving as Labour's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning until he was defeated at the 2011 election.
Hugh McCartney was a Scottish Labour politician.
Central Dunbartonshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1974 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999,the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England,Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each. The constituency of Strathclyde West was one of them.
William Thomas Bain is a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North East from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party,he was a Shadow DEFRA Minister from 2010 to 2011 and a Shadow Scotland Minister from 2011 to 2013.
Martin John Docherty-Hughes is a Scottish National Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Dunbartonshire since 2015.
