Robert Nichol (12 February 1890 – 16 April 1925) was a Scottish Labour Party politician. He was educated at Shawlands Academy, Glasgow. He was first elected at the 1922 general election as the

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(MP) for Renfrewshire East. He was re-elected in

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, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1924 general election by the Unionist candidate,

Alexander Munro MacRobert Alexander Munro MacRobert KC (1873 – 18 October 1930) was a Scottish lawyer and Unionist politician. He was Lord Advocate of Scotland in 1929. Life He was born in 1873 the son of Jean Carmichael and Thomas MacRobert. He was educated at P ...

. It would be another 74 years before the constituents would elect a Labour MP again, when future Leader of the Scottish Labour Party,

Jim Murphy James Francis Murphy (born 23 August 1967) is a Scottish former politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2014 to 2015 and Secretary of State for Scotland from 2008 to 2010. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for East Ren ...

was elected in

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* 1890 births 1925 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 Scottish Labour MPs {{Scotland-Labour-UK-MP-stub