Bill Kidd

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Cllr Bill Kidd MSP
MSP
Incumbent
Assumed office  3 May 2007
Constituency	Glasgow Regional List
Glasgow City Councillor
Incumbent
Assumed office  4 May 2007
Constituency	Drumchapel/Anniesland
Born	24 July 1956
Political party	Scottish National Party
Website	http://www.snp.org/people/parliamentarians/bill-kidd-msp Bill Kidd MSP

William Kidd (born 24 July 1956), commonly known as Bill Kidd is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow region.

Kidd was the SNP candidate at the 1987 UK general election at Glasgow Hillhead. Shortly afterwards, he left the SNP to become a founder member of the Scottish Socialist Party (unrelated to the current party of that name). He stood for the group at the Glasgow Central by-election, 1989, but later rejoined the SNP.

He stood again for the SNP at Cunninghame South in the 2001 UK general election. At the 2003 and 2007 Scottish Parliament elections, he was the SNP candidate for Glasgow Anniesland, finishing second on both occasions. He is Convenor of the SNP's Glasgow Regional Association.

He was elected at the 2007 election as a list MSP for the Glasgow region. The next day he was also elected as a Councillor for the Drumchapel/Anniesland ward of Glasgow City Council^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Councillor William Kidd, Ward 14

[edit] External links

• Bill Kidd MSP Scottish Parliament webpage
• Bill Kidd MSP Biography at SNP website

v • d • e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Glasgow region Elected in the 2007 election Labour (9 seats), SNP (5 seats), Conservative (1 seat), Lib Dems (1 seat), Greens (1 seat) Constituency MSPs Bill Butler (Lab, Glasgow Anniesland) • Margaret Curran (Lab, Glasgow Baillieston) • Charlie Gordon (Lab, Glasgow Cathcart) • Nicola Sturgeon (SNP, Glasgow Govan) • Pauline McNeill (Lab, Glasgow Kelvin) • Patricia Ferguson (Lab, Glasgow Maryhill) • Johann Lamont (Lab, Glasgow Pollok) • James Kelly (Lab, Glasgow Rutherglen) • Frank McAveety (Lab, Glasgow Shettleston) •Paul Martin (Lab, Glasgow Springburn) Additional Members Bashir Ahmad (SNP) • Bill Aitken (Con) • Robert Brown (Lib Dem) • Bob Doris (SNP) • Patrick Harvie (Green) • Bill Kidd (SNP) • Sandra White (SNP)

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