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John David Cairns, known as David Cairns, (born August 7, 1966, Greenock) is a Scottish politician. He is the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Inverclyde and is the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Scotland Office. David Cairns could be David Cairns the Scottish politician David Cairns the writer David Cairns the tool This is a disambiguation page â€” a list of articles associated with the same title. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... Inverclyde is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Open seat redirects here. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Greenock was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1974, when its name was changed to Greenock and Port Glasgow. ... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Norman Anthony Godman (born April 19, 1937) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Greenock (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Greenock (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... This article is about the Scottish Labour Party founded in 1976. ... This is a list of Members of Parliament at the House of Commons in Westminster representing constituencies in Scotland, arranged by party. ... Inverclyde is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ... The Scotland Office (Oifis na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a department of the United Kingdom government, responsible for reserved Scottish affairs. ...

Cairns attended the Notre Dame High School in the burgh of Greenock, before training for the Roman Catholic priesthood at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He contained his studies at the Franciscan International Centre in Canterbury. [1] From 1991 he served in many places as a Catholic priest including in Scotland and London before politics drew him from the priesthood in 1994 to become a director of the Christian Socialist Movement. In 1997 he became a research assistant to the newly elected Labour MP, Siobhain McDonagh until he himself became an MP in 2001. In 1998 he was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Merton where he served until 2002. A burgh of barony is a type of Scottish town (burgh). ... The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland describes the organisation of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church in the geographic area of Scotland, distinct from the Catholic Church in England & Wales and the Catholic Church in Ireland. ... This article is about religious workers. ... Pontifical Gregorian University (Italian: Pontificia UniversitÃ Gregoriana) is a pontifical university located in Rome, Italy. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... The Order of Friars Minor and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Saint Francis of Assisi. ... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England, head of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about religious workers. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... The Christian Socialist Movement, or CSM, was set up in 1960 by Donald Soper and a number of others who wanted an organisation that would be politically active and theologically reflective in British politics. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Siobhain Ann McDonagh (born 20 February 1960, London) is a British Labour Member of Parliament for the Mitcham and Morden constituency in London. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The London Borough of Merton is a London borough in south west London. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Cairns had ambitions to enter parliament but was barred due to the House of Commons (Clergy Disqualification) Act 1801 and the Catholic Relief Act 1829 which prevented former Roman Catholic priests from being elected to parliament. To rectify this, Siobhain McDonagh introduced the House of Commons Disqualification (Amendment) Bill in parliament on June 16, 1999 [2], but the bill fell. Cairns had been selected as the candidate in his home town following the retirement of Norman Godman, the government introduced legislation and the law was changed on May 11, 2001 under the House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001. [3] Type Lower House Speaker Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Leader Harriet Harman, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader Theresa May, (Conservative) since May 5, 2005 Members 659 Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist Party Sinn FÃ©in... The Catholic Relief Act 1829 (10 Geo IV c. ... is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Norman Anthony Godman (born April 19, 1937) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Cairns was elected as the Labour MP for Greenock and Inverclyde at the 2001 General Election with a majority of 9,890 and made his maiden speech on July 4, 2001. [4] Of note, he became the first person born in Greenock to represent it in parliament. He was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions Malcolm Wicks in 2003, and following the 2005 General Election, at which, due to the redrawing of boundaries his constituency was abolished and replaced with a larger Inverclyde constituency, he became a member of the Labour government as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland. He then had Northern Ireland added to his responsibilities and in 2007 he became the Minister of State at the Scotland Office. At one time he was Chair of Labour Friends of Israel, and while he then gave up the position of chair, he remains a member of this group which expresses friendship both with a secure peaceful Israel and with a viable democratic Palestinian state. Greenock was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1974, when its name was changed to Greenock and Port Glasgow. ... Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected representative in such bodies as the House of Commons or the United States House of Representatives. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP). ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... The Department for Work and Pensions is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security. ... Malcolm Hunt Wicks (born 1 July 1947, Hatfield) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ... Inverclyde is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Labour Friends of Israel is a UK Parliament based campaign group promoting support within the British Labour Party for a strong bilateral relationship between Britain and Israel. ... It has been suggested that State of Palestine be merged into this article or section. ...

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