David Marshall (born 7 May 1941) is a British

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politician who served as the

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(MP) for Glasgow Shettleston from 1979 to 2005, then for Glasgow East from 2005 to 2008. Marshall was educated variously at the

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High School,

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, Woodside Senior Secondary School and

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High School. Marshall has been a member of the

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since 1960 and a member of the Labour Party since 1962. He worked in Glasgow as a Labour Party organiser from 1969, before becoming a full-time councillor. He was for three years, from 1972 a member of

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, and a member of

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Regional Council from 1974 until his election to Parliament. He was elected as a Labour MP at the 1979 general election for Glasgow Shettleston following the retirement of

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. He represented that constituency from then until the 2005 election, at which point he was elected from Glasgow East. He did not reach the

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in his long parliamentary career, but served on many select committees, including chairing both the

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(1987–1992) and

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committees (1992–1997). He was latterly a member of the Chairman's Panel. On 27 June 2008 it was reported that he would stand down due to ill health. These reports have also linked his ill health with stress brought on by predictions that his parliamentary expenses were to be investigated. On 30 June he was appointed

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, confirming his resignation.Manor of Northstead
, HM Treasury Press Release 30 June 2008. He is married with a son and a daughter.

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* ttps://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_marshall/glasgow_east TheyWorkForYou.com - David Marshall MP*
UK Parliament "Allowances by MP" for David Marshall
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, David 1941 births Living people Scottish Labour MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies Transport and General Workers' Union-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 UK MPs 2005–2010 People educated at Denny High School People educated at Falkirk High School British Eurosceptics