Ian Davidson (British politician)

Ian Davidson


Member of Parliament for Glasgow South West
In office 5 May 2005 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Chris Stephens
Majority	14,671 (46.2%)
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Pollok
In office 1 May 1997 – 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Jimmy Dunnachie
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Govan
In office 9 April 1992 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Jim Sillars
Succeeded by	Mohammad Sarwar
Personal details
Born	(1950-09-08) 8 September 1950 (age 66) Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Political party	Labour Co-operative
Spouse(s)	Morag Mackinnon

Ian Graham Davidson (born 8 September 1950) is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician, who was a Member of Parliament for successive Glasgow seats from 1992 until 2015; from 2005 to 2015 he represented Glasgow South West. Davidson previously worked as a Community Service Manager and for Janey Buchan when she was a Member of the European Parliament.

Davidson was the Chairman of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee.

He became an MP in 1992, originally for the seat of Glasgow Govan and, following boundary changes, for Glasgow Pollok from 1997 to 2005. After further major boundary changes across Scotland, Davidson stood in the 2005 general election for the new constituency of Glasgow South West, where he won the second biggest swing to Labour in Scotland. He is a member of the Public Accounts Select Committee and has lobbied to support the Scottish shipbuilding industry. He is also secretary of the Trade Union Group of Labour MPs.

In 2002 he criticised Prince Michael of Kent for 'squatting' in Kensington Palace. More recently he has criticised the Prince of Wales over his personal finances. He was the chair of Labour Against the Euro before it ceased campaigning following the 2003 decision by Gordon Brown that the five economic tests for Britain to join the euro had not been met.