Jim McGovern (politician)

Jim McGovern (politician)

Infobox MP
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name = James McGovern
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constituency_MP = Dundee West
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majority = 5,379 (14.6%)
predecessor = Ernie Ross
successor = Incumbent
term_start = 5 May 2005
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1956|11|17|df=yes
birth_place = Glasgow
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nationality = Scottish
spouse = Lorna McGovern
party = Labour
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James McGovern (born 17 November, 1956 in Glasgow) is a British politician, and is the Labour Member of Parliament for the Dundee West.

Early life

McGovern was educated at the Catholic Lawside Academy in Dundee and became a glazier. In 1987, after being made redundant, he worked as a glazier for Dundee City Council. During ten years service with the council, he was a trade union official and was an elected representative on Tayside Regional Council between 1994 and 1996. Prior to his election he had been full time organiser of the GMB union since 1997.

Parliamentary career

He was first elected to the British House of Commons at the 2005 general election for Dundee West with a 14.6% majority, following the retirement of the sitting Labour MP Ernie Ross. Since 2005 he has served on the Scottish Affairs Committee, and since 2007 he has served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Pat McFadden the Minister of State at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

Personal life

He is married to Norma with two children and lives in the Law part of Dundee.

External links

* [http://www.jimmcgovern.co.uk Official website]
* [http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/dundeewest/ Scottish Labour - Dundee West]
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-8717,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: James McGovern MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/james_mcgovern/dundee_west TheyWorkForYou.com - James McGovern MP]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/689.stm BBC Politics]

News items

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7085390.stm REmploy in November 2007]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6271321.stm NCR in January 2007]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4762118.stm Regiment Tartan in March 2006]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4634859.stm Meet the MP November 2005]


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