Bob Doris

politician Member of the Scottish Parliament

March 11, 1973

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 Scottish National Party leadership in 2003. Doris convened the Scottish National Party Maryhill Constituency Branch and Glasgow Regional Association Scottish National Party (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 Street 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. In the 2011, Doris was the Scottish National Party candidate for the redrawn seat of Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn. He was also placed 3rd on the Scottish National Party regional list for Glasgow behind Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf. He was unsuccessful in gaining Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, losing to Labour"s Patricia Ferguson, but was returned as one of two Glasgow list Scottish National Party MSPs alongside Yousaf.

Bob Doris

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politician Member of the Scottish Parliament

Background

Bob Doris was born in the Vale of Leven and educated at the University of Glasgow earning a Master of Arts in Social Sciences.

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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 Scottish National Party leadership in 2003. Doris convened the Scottish National Party Maryhill Constituency Branch and Glasgow Regional Association Scottish National Party (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 Street 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.

In the 2011, Doris was the Scottish National Party candidate for the redrawn seat of Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn. He was also placed 3rd on the Scottish National Party regional list for Glasgow behind Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf. He was unsuccessful in gaining Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, losing to Labour"s Patricia Ferguson, but was returned as one of two Glasgow list Scottish National Party MSPs alongside Yousaf.

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A member of the Scottish National Party (Scottish National Party), he was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region) at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.

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