James Dornan | |
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Deputy Convener of the Scottish Parliament Subordinate Legislation Committee | |
Assumed office 14 June 2011 | |
Preceded by | Bob Doris |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Cathcart | |
Assumed office 5 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | Charlie Gordon |
Majority | 10,396 (27.3%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Glasgow, Scotland | 17 March 1953
Political party | Scottish National Party |
Website | Official biography at The Scottish Parliament's website |
James Dornan (born 17 March 1953) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who is Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Cathcart.
Raised in the Oatlands neighbourhood of southern Glasgow,[1] Dornan joined the Scottish National Party in 1996[2] and previously worked for Stewart Maxwell (MSP).[3]
He was elected in the 2011 Parliamentary elections,[4] having previously contested the Ayr Constituency in the 2003 Scottish Parliament elections and the Glasgow South-West Constituency in the 2005 UK general election before his election in 2011.[3] He was also selected to be the SNP candidate in the 2009 Glasgow North East by-election, but decided to step aside after it was reported that he may have breached charity law by acting as an "unpaid" partner-director of Culture and Sport Glasgow while he was covered by a protected trust deed – an arrangement which avoids a court-ordered bankruptcy.[5]
He represented the Langside ward on Glasgow City Council from 3 May 2007[6] until 3 May 2012[7] and was the SNP group leader on the council until June 2011, when he was succeeded by Councillor Allison Hunter.[8]
In 2012, Dornan was appointed as a SNP Depute Whip.[9]
On 25 February 2020, Dornan announced he would not be standing at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.[10] However, in July 2020, he reversed his decision and announced that he would put himself forward again for election.[11] Later in July 2020, the SNP National Executive Committee voted have an all-woman shortlist for the Glasgow Cathcart Scottish Parliamentary constituency, ending his bid of standing for the seat again. However, after the decision, Dornan announced that he would challenge the decision.[12] The SNP National Secretary then reversed the all-woman shortlist and Dornan was permitted to stand. Dornan was selected to stand for the SNP in the Glasgow Cathcart Scottish Parliamentary constituency and held the seat with 57% of the vote.
Dornan believes in Scottish independence and has often appeared on Kremlin propaganda station RT to champion the cause.[13][14]
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