Chris Law (politician)
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Chris Law MP |
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Member of Parliament for Dundee West |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jim McGovern |
| Majority | 17,092 (38.2%) |
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Christopher Murray Alexander Law 21 October 1969 |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
| Website | Official website |
Christopher Murray Alexander Law (born 21 October 1969) is the Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for Dundee West, having been elected in the 2015 general election. He was elected to a seat that had been held by Labour for the previous 65 years.
Law trained as a French chef, then went to the University of St Andrews where he received a degree in Cultural and Social Anthropology. He developed a love of India while at university and for ten years operated a business providing tours of the Himalayas on 1950s motorcycyles. For the past decade he has operated a business as a financial adviser in Dundee.
Law was a prominent Yes campaigner during the Scottish independence referendum, 2014 and was the founder of the Spirit of Independence road tour of communities that toured Scotland in a refurbished Green Goddess fire engine.
He was chosen to contest the Dundee West constituency in the 2015 general election and received 27,684 votes – 61.9% – as he took the seat from Labour with a 17,092 majority.
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