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BANKS, Gordon

Labour
 

Member for Ochil and South Perthshire since 2005. Committees: Secretary, All-Party Parliamentary Group Coeliac Disease and Dermatitis Herpetiformis; Chair, All-Party Political Group on Publishing; Past Chair, PLP Foreign Affairs Committees. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to James Purnell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Parliamentary Private Secretary to James Purnell Minister of State for Pensions Reform 2006-09. Profession/Trade: Director, building supply company. Education: BA (Hons) History and Politics. Affiliations: TGWU; Member, Coeliac UK Society. Hobbies: Music, song writing, reading. b. 14 June 1955, Acomb, Northumberland. Married with two children.

 
  2010     2005  
LAB HOLD Votes % +/- % Votes %
Labour 19,131 37.9 6.5 14,645 31.4
SNP 13,944 27.6 -2.3 13,957 29.9
Conservative 10,342 20.5 1.0 10,021 21.5
Lib Dem 5,754 11.4 -1.9 6,218 13.3
Green 609 1.2 -1.1 978 2.1
UKIP 689 1.4 0.8 275 0.6
Majority 5,187 10.3   688 1.5
Turnout 50,469 67.2 1.2 46,697 66
 
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