Des McNulty

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Des McNulty (b. 28 July 1952, Stockport (then Cheshire, England), UK) is a Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Clydebank and Milngavie constituency since 1999.

Before entering the Scottish Parliament, he worked at Glasgow Caledonian University as a sociologist, later becoming head of strategic planning.

He served as Deputy Minister for Social Justice from 2002 to 2003, but was replaced after the 2003 election. He returned to ministerial office in November 2006 as Deputy Communities Minister.

He remained in this position until the Labour Party lost the 2007 election to the Scottish National Party (SNP). He was selected for the Labour front bench looking after environment in Wendy Alexander's first shadow cabinet in September 2007.

He is married and has 2 sons.

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Constituency Created	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Clydebank and Milngavie 1999 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Johann Lamont	Deputy Minister for Communities 2006–2007	Succeeded by Office Abolished
Preceded by Margaret Curran	Deputy Minister for Social Justice 2002–2003	Succeeded by Office Abolished

[edit] External links

• Des McNulty MSP - official biography at the Scottish Parliament website
• Des McNulty MSP profile at the site of Scottish Labour

Margaret Curran
v • d • e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the West of Scotland region Elected in the 2007 election Labour (8 seats), SNP (5 seats), Conservative (2 seats), Lib Dems (1 seats) Constituency MSPs Des McNulty (Lab, Clydebank and Milngavie) • Kenny Gibson (SNP, Cunninghame North) • Jackie Baillie (Lab, Dumbarton) • Kenneth Macintosh (Lab, Eastwood) • Duncan McNeil (Lab, Greenock and Inverclyde) • Wendy Alexander (Lab, Paisley North) • Hugh Henry (Lab, Paisley South) • David Whitton (Lab, Strathkelvin and Bearsden) • Trish Godman (Lab, West Renfrewshire) Additional Members Jackson Carlaw (Con) • Ross Finnie (Lib Dem) • Annabel Goldie (Con) • Stuart McMillan (SNP) • Stewart Maxwell (SNP) • Gil Paterson (SNP) • Bill Wilson (SNP) v • d • e Scottish Labour MSPs Elected in the 2007 election Wendy Alexander · Jackie Baillie · Claire Baker · Richard Baker · Sarah Boyack · Rhona Brankin · Bill Butler · Malcolm Chisholm · Cathie Craigie · Margaret Curran · Helen Eadie · Patricia Ferguson · George Foulkes · Karen Gillon · Marlyn Glen · Trish Godman · Charlie Gordon · Rhoda Grant · Iain Gray · Hugh Henry · Cathy Jamieson · James Kelly · Andy Kerr · Johann Lamont · Marilyn Livingstone · Lewis Macdonald · Ken Macintosh · Paul Martin · Frank McAveety · Tom McCabe · Jack McConnell · Michael McMahon · Duncan McNeil · Pauline McNeill · Des McNulty · Mary Mulligan · Elaine Murray · Irene Oldfather · John Park · Peter Peacock · Cathy Peattie · Richard Simpson · Elaine Smith · David Stewart · Karen Whitefield · David Whitton