Bob Doris
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Bob Doris MSP |
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| Deputy Convener of the Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee |
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Assumed office 15 June 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Ross Finnie |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Patricia Ferguson |
| Majority | 5,602 |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow |
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In office 3 May 2007 – 23 March 2016 |
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11 May 1973 Vale of Leven, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
Bob Doris (born 11 May 1973, Vale of Leven, Dunbartonshire) is a Scottish National Party MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, initially elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region) at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.
Bob Doris was born in the Vale of Leven and educated at the University of Glasgow earning a MA in Social Sciences. At the 2007 election Doris contested the Glasgow Maryhill Scottish Parliament constituency, finishing second to Patricia Ferguson, majority 2,300.
Prior to the election Doris had acted as campaign manager to Bill Wilson when Wilson challenged John Swinney for the SNP leadership in 2003. Doris convened the SNP Maryhill Constituency Branch and Glasgow Regional Association SNP (GRA) for a number of years. Before the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary elections Doris was set to be council candidate for the Maryhill/Kelvin ward at the Glasgow City Council elections of 2007. He resigned his nomination for the Council seat to avoid the possibility of being elected on a dual mandate.
Since his election, Doris campaigned successfully on a number of issues including free school meals, kinship care payments and Town Centre Regeneration Fund money for Glasgow. He was a leading campaigner against Glasgow City Council's closure of 20 primary and nursery schools, and supported the parental occupation of Wyndford Primary School and St Gregory's Primary School, both in Maryhill. Doris convenes the Scottish Parliament's cross party group on Racial Equality in Scotland.
In a YouTube video, Doris encouraged anyone of Irish descent to tick "Irish" as their ethnicity in the 2011 Scottish Census.
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