Iain McKenzie

Iain McKenzie
Member of Parliament for Inverclyde
In office 30 June 2011 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	David Cairns
Succeeded by	Ronnie Cowan
Majority	5,838 (20.8%)
Personal details
Born	4 April 1959 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Alison

Iain McKenzie (born 4 April 1959) is a Scottish Labour politician, who was formerly the Member of Parliament for Inverclyde. He was elected in the June 2011 by-election and stood unsuccessfully for re-election in the 2015 general election.

Early life

McKenzie was born and raised in Greenock, Inverclyde's largest town, in the areas of Broomhill and Fancy Farm.^[1] A former employee of IBM, he was elected to Inverclyde Council, becoming Leader of the Council in February 2011.^[2]

Parliament

McKenzie's election followed the death of David Cairns, who had represented the constituency since 2001. McKenzie made his maiden speech to the House of Commons on 11 July 2011, mainly focusing on employment, opportunity and population growth in his constituency.^[3]

McKenzie was one of the few Labour MPs who initially voted against legalising gay marriage in the UK. However, on the third reading of the bill Mr McKenzie voted for gay marriage as he was satisfied protection for religious groups had been ironed out.^[4] He also did not support British involvement in airstrikes in Iraq on 26 September 2014, for which he was sacked as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Defence Secretary, Vernon Coaker.^[5]

His Parliamentary biography lists his political interests as 'Europe' and 'employment'.^[6]

References

External links

• Official website
• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Voting record at Public Whip
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou