William Bain
William Bain is a Labour Party Member of Parliament. He was elected to his constituency of Glasgow North East in 2009. On 7 October 2011 he was appointed as Shadow Scotland Office Minister, supporting the Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran.
Political Career[edit]
Willie was elected Member of Parliament in a by-election on 12 November 2009. He was re-elected at the General Election on 6 May 2010. He was secretary of the Glasgow North EastConstituency Labour Party and its predecessor constituency, Glasgow Springburn, from 1999 to 2009.
Education[edit]
Willie attended St. Roch’s Secondary School and Strathclyde University, graduating with a LLB in 1995. 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. He subsequently became a lecturer in Public law at London South Bank University.
