James McGovern (politician)

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James McGovern (born 17 November 1956 in Glasgow) is a Scottish politician, and is the Labour Member of Parliament for the Dundee West UK parliamentary constituency in Dundee, Scotland. He was first elected at the 2005 general election, with a 14.6% majority. The seat had been held since 1979 by Ernie Ross (Labour) who retired in 2005.

McGovern attended Lawside Academy, north-west Dundee and became a glazier. In 1987, after being made redundant, he worked as a glazier for Dundee City Council. During ten years service with the council, he was a trade union official and was an elected representative on Tayside Regional Council between 1994 and 1996. Prior to his election he had been full time organiser of the GMB union since 1997.

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