Preceded by Jim Devine Name Graeme Morrice Majority 16,843 Role British Politician | Nationality British Party Labour Party Website Official Website Succeeded by Hannah Bardell | |
Born 23 February 1959 (age 65)
Edinburgh, West Lothian, Scotland ( 1959-02-23 ) Alma mater Edinburgh Napier University Education Edinburgh Napier University Residence Livingston, United Kingdom | ||
House of commons 26th january 2011 graeme morrice mp
Graeme Morrice (born 23 February 1959) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston from 2010−2015.
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- House of commons 26th january 2011 graeme morrice mp
- Early life and education
- Political career
- References
Early life and education
Edinburgh born he was educated at the Mauldeth Road Primary School, Parrs Wood High School, Broxburn Academy and Edinburgh Napier University, where he was awarded a SHND in Business Studies.
Political career
He was a member of West Lothian Council, first elected in 1987. He led the Labour group on the council from 1992–2010. He was the leader of the council, 1995–2007.
In June 2009, Jim Devine, the Labour MP for Livingston, was charged with false accounting and party officials decided that he would not be allowed to stand as a Labour candidate in the election in the following year. Morrice was subsequently selected as Labour's candidate for the 2010 election and was elected with a majority of 10,791 votes, While an MP, he was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Denham from 2010 to 2011 when Mr Denham was Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. He was then the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Margaret Curran, during the period that she was Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland. From January 2013 until May 2015 he held a further Parliamentary Private Secretary post, to Harriet Harman MP, who at that time was both Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. He was previously a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee.
He stood again in 2015 but was defeated, with a swing of 25.9 percent to the SNP.