Gordon Banks (politician)

Gordon Banks
Member of Parliament for Ochil and South Perthshire
In office 5 May 2005 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Succeeded by	Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
Majority	5,187 (10.3%)
Personal details
Born	(1955-06-14) June 14, 1955 Acomb, Northumberland, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Stirling

Gordon Raymond Banks (born 14 June 1955) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ochil and South Perthshire from 2005 until 2015.

Early life

Banks was born in Acomb, Northumberland and educated at the Lornshill Academy in Alloa and then the Glasgow College of Building. He later obtained a degree in History and Politics from the University of Stirling.

He has worked in the construction industry for 31 years, and formed his own building supplies business in 1986.

Member of Parliament

Banks was elected at the 2005 general election, succeeding fellow Labour politician Martin O'Neill.

Shortly after his election he became a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee, the Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee, the Scottish Affairs Committee and the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee. In May 2006 he became a PPS to James Purnell, and subsequently left the Scottish and Northern Ireland committees.

In October 2010 he was appointed as one of the Shadow Ministers of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. He resigned in April 2011 in order to concentrate on his constituency.

He was defeated by the Scottish National Party's Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh in the General Election of May 2015.

Personal life

Banks is married with two children. He is a member of the Coeliac Society.

See also

• List of people diagnosed with coeliac disease

References

External links

• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Voting record at Public Whip
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
• Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record