Willie Bain
| William Bain | |
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| Shadow Minister for Scotland | |
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In office 8 October 2011 – 8 October 2013 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Tom Greatrex |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Banks |
| Shadow Minister for Food | |
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In office 27 May 2010 – 8 October 2011 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Richard Benyon |
| Succeeded by | Fiona O'Donnell |
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Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East |
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In office 12 November 2009 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Martin |
| Succeeded by | Anne McLaughlin |
| Majority | 15,942 (54.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 November 1972 Springburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Strathclyde University |
| Profession | Lecturer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www.williebain.com |
William Thomas Bain (born 29 November 1972) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North East from 2009 to 2015.
Under the leadership of Ed Miliband, Bain served as Shadow Minister for Food and was later Shadow Scotland Office Minister, supporting the Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran.
Since losing his seat and leaving parliament, he is a Head of Fintech & Financial Services at Inline Policy, a political consultancy for innovative businesses.
Born at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow, son of William, a lift engineer, and Catherine, a payroll clerk, Willie Bain grew up in the Carron area of Springburn, where his father still resides.
Raised in the Roman Catholic faith, Bain attended St. Roch's Secondary School and Strathclyde University, graduating with a LLB in 1995. Thereafter, he completed a Diploma in Legal Practice in 1996, and moved into part-time lecturing and research at the University of Strathclyde Law School, working with the Law School's Centre for Parliamentary and Legislative Studies on research projects on devolution.
He completed a LLM by Research in Constitutional Law in 2004 and subsequently became a senior lecturer in Public and European law at London South Bank University between 2004 and 2009. He was secretary of the Glasgow North East Constituency Labour Party and its predecessor constituency, Glasgow Springburn, from 1999 to 2009. Bain is a member of Unite, Progress, the Fabian Society, and Amnesty International.
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