Lindsay Roy
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Lindsay Roy CBE FRSA |
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Member of Parliament for Glenrothes |
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In office 6 November 2008 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | John MacDougall |
| Succeeded by | Peter Grant |
| Majority | 16,455 (40.6%) |
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| Born | 19 January 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Religion | Church of Scotland |
Lindsay Allan Roy, CBE, FRSA (born 19 January 1949) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glenrothes from 2008 until 2015, and is the former Rector of Inverkeithing High School and Kirkcaldy High School. He announced he would be standing down as an MP in 2015 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease
Roy was educated at the University of Edinburgh where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1970. He then trained as a teacher and became principal teacher of Modern Studies at Queen Anne High School Dunfermline in 1974. He was promoted to be Assistant Rector of Kirkcaldy High School in 1983, but left after three years to be Depute Rector of Glenwood High School in Glenrothes.
Starting in 1990, Roy became Rector of Inverkeithing High School. His work there was rewarded with the CBE in 2004. He served also as an Associate Assessor for HM Inspectorate of Education from 1996, and was appointed Chairman of the Curriculum and Student Affairs Committee of Carnegie College in 1997. Becoming active in The Headmaster's Association of Scotland, he was appointed as its President for the year 2004–05.
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