Jim Sheridan MP Paisley and Renfrewshire North, Labour
Contact
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Tel 020 7219 8314
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Email: sheridanj@parliament.uk
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Website: Jim Sheridan website
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Constituency address
Mirren Court Three, Ground Floor, Paisley PA3 4EA United Kingdom -
Parliamentary address
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA United Kingdom
Recent appearances
Most spoken phrases
Last updated 3rd Jun 2009
- Israeli settlements
- Northcote Road shops
- Dangerous dogs petition
- Clapham Junction tube
- Heathrow expansion
- Health services
- Fly tipping
This information is based on the most frequently spoken phrases by this representative.
Biography
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Born:
24/11/1952 -
Positions
Team PPS, Ministry of Defence 2005-06 (resigned over Lebanon conflict). -
House of Commons Select Committees
Panel of Chairs; Culture, Media and Sport. -
Electoral history
Member for West Renfrewshire 2001-05, for Paisley and Renfrewshire North since 5 May 2005 general election. -
Political interests
Employment rights, welfare, defence, social affairs and foreign affairs. -
Countries of interest
Cyprus, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia.
Election record for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, 05 Jun 2010
| Party | Percentage of votes |
| Labour | 53.93% |
| Scottish National Party | 19.03% |
| Conservative | 14.57% |
| Name | Party | Votes | % of votes |
| Sheridan, Jim | Labour | 23,613 | 53.93 |
| MacLaren, Mags | Scottish National Party | 8,333 | 19.03 |
| Campbell, Alistair | Conservative | 6,381 | 14.57 |
| Dobson, Ruaraidh | Liberal Democrat | 4,597 | 10.5 |
| Pearson, Gary | Independent | 550 | 1.26 |
| Rollo, Chris | Scottish Socialist Party | 233 | 0.53 |
| Majority | 15,280 votes |
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| Electorate | 63,704 |
| Turnout | (43,781) 68.73% |
Registered interests
Overseas visits: 10-12 August 2008, to Oskarshamn, Sweden, to visit nuclear power and nuclear waste research and storage facilities with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy. The costs of the trip were met by E.ON. (Registered 25 August 2008) 12-19 September 2008, to New York State and California, USA, to First Student (yellow school buses) locations on fact-finding visit on Freedom of Association, trade union representation and health and safety. Hotel accommodation, meals and fares paid by First Group plc. (Registered 14 October 2008) 4-10 January 2009, to Taiwan, with the All-Party British Taiwanese Group for meetings with the Taiwanese President, senior ministers, parliamentarians and NGOs to further relations between Britain and Taiwan, as guest of the Taiwanese Government. (Registered 27 January 2009) 2-8 April 2009, to the Republic of Colombia for meetings on human rights, talks with government ministers and leaders of Colombian trade unions. All costs were borne by the campaigning organisation Justice for Colombia. (Registered 21 April 2009)
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