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Graeme Downie

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Graeme Downie
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Dunfermline and Dollar
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byConstituency Established
Majority8,241 (18.4%)
Personal details
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Stirling

Graeme James Downie[1] is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Dunfermline and Dollar since 2024.[2]

Education

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Downie attended Craigmount High School in Edinburgh before reading Politics at the University of Stirling, graduating in 2002. He was one of the first in his family to attend university.[2]

Political career

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Prior to his election to Parliament, he was elected as Councillor for West Fife and Coastal Villages and Health Spokesperson in the Labour-led Fife Council administration.[3] He initially stood down from his role as Health Spokesperson but continued as a councillor then announced his resignation on 4 September 2024.[4][5]

Downie received a £5,200 donation from Baronet Gordon Dalyell during the 2024 General Election and in September 2023 took trip to Israel funded by Labour Friends of Israel.[6][7]

Personal life

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Downie lives in Torryburn in the West Fife and Coastal Villages ward of his constituency.

References

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  1. ^ Pridmore, Oliver (5 July 2024). "Alastair Campbell praises his nephew as he becomes Rushcliffe MP". Nottinghamshire Live.
  2. ^ a b "Dunfermline & Dollar | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ Council, Fife (9 May 2023). "Your local councillors - West Fife and coastal villages". www.fife.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  4. ^ Clare, Buchanan (22 July 2024). "Questions on the table as Downie starts life as Dunfermline and Dollar MP". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  5. ^ Downie, Graeme [@GraemeDownieMP] (4 September 2024). "I have today resigned as Councillor for West Fife & Coastal Villages. It is privilege to serve as the people in this Ward and will continue to do so as their MP, along with the rest of the Dunfermline & Dollar constituency" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Morrison, Hamish (23 August 2024). "I delved into who's funding the new Scottish Labour MPs – here's what I found". The National. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  7. ^ Harpin, Lee (29 August 2024). "Scottish newspaper 'demonises' MP with 'Zionist' front page". Jewish News. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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