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Douglas Trainer

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Douglas Trainer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Douglas Trainer was President of the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom (NUS) from 1996 to 1998, having served the previous two years as President of NUS Scotland, winning both as the Labour Students candidate. He went on to work for, and become a partner in public relations company Luther Pendragon, and in 2006 became a special adviser for the Scottish Executive. [1] Since Labour's defeat in the Scottish Parliament election, 2007, Trainer has worked for Serco as Communications Director for their Civil Government Business and is now working for Newham Council. He recently separated from top government headhunter Andrea Bainger. Political offices Preceded by Jim Murphy President of the National Union of Students 1996–1998 Succeeded by Andrew Pakes References [ edit ] ^ Scottish Parliament website Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Ma

List of Presidents of the National Union of Students (United Kingdom)

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List of Presidents of the National Union of Students (United Kingdom) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article lists all Presidents of the National Union of Students in the United Kingdom. Presidents [1] # Years of office Name Institution(s) Faction 1 1922 Ivison S Macadam King's College London 2 1922–23 A Gordon Bagnall University of Oxford 3 1923–24 Ralph Nunn May University of Birmingham 4 1924–25 F G G Carr University of Cambridge 5 1925–26 W J Langford University of Reading 6 1926–27 J E Meredith University of Wales, Bangor 7 1927–29 Frank Ongley Darvall University of Reading 8 1929–30 Sam Cohen University College, Cardiff 9 1930–31 H Trevor Lloyd University of Bristol 10 1931–33 Denis Follows University of London and University of Nottingham 11 1933–34 Charles G Gilmore University of London 12 1934–36 Lincoln Ralphs University of Sheffield 13 1936–38 F Fraser Milne University of London 1

Kirsten Oswald

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Kirsten Oswald From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Kirsten Oswald Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire In office 8 May 2015 – 3 May 2017 Preceded by Jim Murphy Succeeded by Paul Masterton Personal details Born Kirsten Frances Oswald ( 1972-12-21 ) 21 December 1972 (age 45) Dundee, Scotland Political party Scottish National Party Spouse(s) Davinder Bedi Alma mater University of Glasgow Website Campaign website Kirsten Frances Oswald (born 21 December 1972) [1] is a Scottish National Party politician. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire at the 2015 general election, but was unseated at the 2017 snap election on 8 June. [2] Contents 1 Biography 2 2015 general election 3 2017 general election 4 References 5 External links Biography [ edit ] Oswald was born in Dundee and grew up in Carnoustie where she attended Carnoustie High School. [3] She attended G

Eastwood (UK Parliament constituency)

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Eastwood (UK Parliament constituency) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search For the Scottish Parliament constituency, see Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency). Eastwood Former County constituency for the House of Commons Subdivisions of Scotland Strathclyde Major settlements Renfrewshire 1983–2005 Number of members One Replaced by East Renfrewshire Created from East Renfrewshire Eastwood was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Elections of the 1980s 4.2 Elections of the 1990s 4.3 Elections of the 2000s 5 References History [ edit ] The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, when it partially replaced the former East Renfrewshire