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'''John Robertson''' was elected Labour MP for Glasgow Anniesland, as it was then called – where he was born and grew up – in a by-election in 2000 following the death of former First Minister [[Donald Dewar]], who he had been election agent for.<ref name="Robertson"> [http://www.labour.org.uk/mp/john_robertson/280/ John Robertson], Labour.org, undated but appears to be out of date, accessed 24 September 2013 </ref> His constituency has been known as Glasgow North West since the May 2005 general election.
 
'''John Robertson''' was elected Labour MP for Glasgow Anniesland, as it was then called – where he was born and grew up – in a by-election in 2000 following the death of former First Minister [[Donald Dewar]], who he had been election agent for.<ref name="Robertson"> [http://www.labour.org.uk/mp/john_robertson/280/ John Robertson], Labour.org, undated but appears to be out of date, accessed 24 September 2013 </ref> His constituency has been known as Glasgow North West since the May 2005 general election.
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==Business and trade union career==
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Before becoming an MP Robertson worked for [[British Telecom]] for 31 years, working his way up from an apprentice to management. He was highly active in the [[Communications Workers Union]] (CWU) and was West of Scotland chairman of the union [[Connect]] for three years, until elected to Parliament.
  
 
==Commons Career==
 
==Commons Career==

Revision as of 02:51, 24 September 2013

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John Robertson

John Robertson was elected Labour MP for Glasgow Anniesland, as it was then called – where he was born and grew up – in a by-election in 2000 following the death of former First Minister Donald Dewar, who he had been election agent for.[1] His constituency has been known as Glasgow North West since the May 2005 general election.

Business and trade union career

Before becoming an MP Robertson worked for British Telecom for 31 years, working his way up from an apprentice to management. He was highly active in the Communications Workers Union (CWU) and was West of Scotland chairman of the union Connect for three years, until elected to Parliament.

Commons Career

  • Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Kim Howells as Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2005-[2]
  • Parliamentary Private Secretary to Yvette Cooper Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2008-2010) [1]

Commons Select Committees

All party groups (office-holding)

Current Posts

  • Chair All-Party Telecommunications Group 2002-;
  • Vice-chair All-Party Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Group 2002-;
  • Treasurer All-Party Scottish Football Group 2003-;
  • Secretary All-Party Smoking and Health Group 2003-;
  • Chair All-Party: Music Group 2005-


Register of members' interests

Trips to Nigeria

  • 4-7 May 2008, to Washington DC, as chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria, to consult with US policy and law makers on Nigeria. Flights, accommodation and other costs were met by Chatham House. (Registered 6 June 2008)
  • 30 November-2 December 2007, to Nigeria as chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria, to speak at the Nigeria Leadership Initiative first Christopher Kolade Symposium on Public Service. Flights, accommodation and other costs were met by the Nigeria Leadership Initiative. (Registered 13 December 2007)
  • 30 November-6 December 2008, to Nigeria as a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria, on a fact-finding and relationship building visit. Costs of the visit including flights and accommodation were met by Virgin Nigeria Airways and Shell International. (Registered 15 December 2008)

Israel and Palestine

Nuclear freebies

Affiliations

References