CAIRNS, David

Member for Inverclyde since 2005, for Greenock and Inverclyde 2001-05. Committees: Member of the DCMS Select Committee; Chair, HIV/Aids All-Party Parliamentary Group; Chair, Scottish Broadcasting All- Party Parliamentary Group. Political career: Returned to backbenches 2008; Minister of State, Scotland Office 2006-08;Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 2006; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scotland Office 2005; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister for Pensions 2003-05; Councillor, London Borough of Merton 1998-2001; Research Assistant for Siobhan McDonagh MP 1997-2001; Director of Christian Socialist Movement 1994-97. Special political interests: Europe, small businesses, shipbuilding. Profession/Trade: Researcher. Education: Franciscan Study Centre, Canterbury; Gregorian University, Rome; Notre Dame High School, Greenock. Languages spoken: Italian. Affiliations: Community Union, Christian Socialists, Amnesty International. Hobbies: Watching football; Spending time with extended family, most of whom live locally. b. Greenock. Unmarried.