Frank Roy
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Frank Roy is a British
Labour Party
politician
, who has been the Member of Parliament
(MP) for Motherwell and Wishaw
since 1997
. He was a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
from 2006 to 2010, after having served as an Assistant Whip from 2005.
Roy was, like many others in the area, a steelworker until he was made redundant in 1991 when Ravenscraig Steelworks
closed. He worked as a parliamentary assistant to Helen Liddell
MP before becoming MP for Motherwell and Wishaw. He is the first MP born locally to represent Motherwell and Wishaw.
British people
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Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician
Politician
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, who has been the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Motherwell and Wishaw
Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)
Motherwell and Wishaw is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1974, mostly from Motherwell...
since 1997
United Kingdom general election, 1997
The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...
. He was a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Whip (politics)
A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy...
from 2006 to 2010, after having served as an Assistant Whip from 2005.
Roy was, like many others in the area, a steelworker until he was made redundant in 1991 when Ravenscraig Steelworks
Ravenscraig steelworks
The Ravenscraig steelworks, operated by Colvilles and latterly by British Steel, consisted of an integrated iron and steel works and a hot strip steel mill. They were located in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland....
closed. He worked as a parliamentary assistant to Helen Liddell
Helen Liddell
Helen Lawrie Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Monklands East from 1994 to 1997, and then for Airdrie and Shotts until 2005, whereafter she became the British High Commissioner to Australia until 2009...
MP before becoming MP for Motherwell and Wishaw. He is the first MP born locally to represent Motherwell and Wishaw.