- Iain Luke
Iain Luke (born
8 October 1951 ,Dundee ) is a Labour Party politician in theUnited Kingdom .Early life
He went to
Stobswell Boys Junior Secondary School on "Eliza Street" and theHarris Academy (a grammar school then) on "Perth Road". He went to theUniversity of Dundee , gaining an MA in Political Science and Modern History in 1980, and theUniversity of Edinburgh , where he gained aPostgraduate diploma in Business Administration in 1981.From 1969-74 he was an assistant collector of taxes in Dundee and London. From 1974-5, he was an assistant sales manager for [http://www.browntawse.com Brown & Tawse] steel stockholders in Dundee.From 1982-6, he was a part-time lecturer in
General Studies at Angus Further Education College (now called [http://www.angus.ac.uk Angus College] ) on "Keptie Road" inArbroath . He had previously been leader ofDundee City Council , being on the council from 1996-2001. He was on Dundee District Council from 1984-96. He was a Senior Lecturer atDundee College in Public Administration, Housing and European Studies. He is currently an undergraduate tutor in the Politics Department of the University of Dundee.Parliamentary career
At the 2001 general election, he was elected as
Member of Parliament for Dundee East [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/208.stm BBC NEWS | VOTE 2001 | RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES | Dundee East ] ] , but lost his seat toStewart Hosie of theScottish National Party in the 2005 general election [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/688.stm BBC NEWS | Election 2005 | Results | Dundee East ] ] . In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, he stood for election in the constituency of the same name, but was defeated by Stewart Hosie's wife, and incumbent MSP,Shona Robison [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/scottish_parliment/html/208.stm 2007 Scottish election results] ] .Personal life
He married Marie and they have a son and two daughters.
External links
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/iain_luke/dundee_east They Work For You]
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-6350,00.html Ask Aristotle]
* [http://www.harris-academy.com/fp/Where%20are%20they/luke.htm Biography]###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title =Member of Parliament for Dundee East
years = 2001–2005
before =John McAllion
after =Stewart Hosie ources
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