Who preceded Willie Bain as MP for Glasgow North East?
2009 Glasgow North East by-election candidate names and ballot paper descriptions were confirmed by Glasgow City Council on 28 October 2009 2009 Glasgow North East by-election The 2009 Glasgow North East by-election was a by-election for the Parliament of the United Kingdom's House of Commons constituency of Glasgow North East. The by-election was held on 12 November 2009 following the resignation of Michael Martin as an MP and as Speaker of the House of Commons following the MPs' expenses scandal. Martin was the first Speaker since Sir John Trevor in 1695 to be forced from office. Willie Bain, the Scottish Labour Party candidate, won with
Willie Bain Willie Bain William Thomas Bain (born 29 November 1972) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East from 2009 to 2015. Under the leadership of Ed Miliband, Bain served as Shadow Minister for Food and was later Shadow Scotland Office Minister, supporting the Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran. Since leaving parliament in 2015, he is now a Head of Fintech & Financial Services at Inline Policy, a political consultancy for innovative businesses. Born at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow, son of William, a lift engineer, and Catherine, a payroll clerk, Willie Bain grew