Neil Bibby

Neil Bibby
MSP
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for West Scotland region
Assumed office
5 May 2011
Personal details
Born (1983-09-06) 6 September 1983
Paisley, Renfrewshire
Political party Scottish Labour Co-operative

Neil James Bibby (born 6 September 1983) is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician. Bibby was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2011 to represent the West of Scotland region, as the Labour Party returned three members from the list.[1]

Born in Paisley, Neil grew up in Renfrewshire and went to the University of Glasgow. Bibby had been Chair of Young Labour UK and Chair of Scottish Labour Students. In 2007 he was elected to Renfrewshire council in Johnstone North, Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch ward. Before becoming elected to the Scottish Parliament he worked for Jim Murphy MP and Ken Macintosh MSP.[2] He is currently the Scottish Labour Chief Whip and is a substitute member on the Welfare Reform Committee, as well as Co-Convenor of the Cross Party Group on Rail and the Deputy Convenor of the Cross Party Group on Visual Impairment.

Bibby stood for the Paisley seat in the Scottish Parliament election, 2016. He was defeated by the incumbent SNP MSP, George Adam, but was elected on the West Scotland List.

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish election: West of Scotland list results – Goldie retains her seat". The Scotsman. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.