William McKelvey (8 July 1934 – 19 October 2016) was a British

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politician who served as the MP for Kilmarnock from the

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to 1983 general election and for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1983 until his retirement in 1997 on health grounds. He was educated at

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in Dundee, and Dundee College of Technology (now

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). Before he was elected as an MP he had previously been a member of Dundee District Council, a full-time Labour Party official and a trade union official. He had also worked for NCR in Dundee and served in the

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. He died in October 2016, at the age of 82. Tributes pour in for former Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP Willie McKelvey who died at the age of 82
/ref> Following his death, fellow former Labour MP George Galloway, who also began his political career in Dundee, described McKelvey as his "mentor" and called him "a working-class hero".

References

* ''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', Times Newspapers Limited, 1992 edition.

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* 1934 births 2016 deaths Amalgamated Engineering Union-sponsored MPs Scottish Labour MPs UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 People educated at Morgan Academy Alumni of Abertay University Councillors in Dundee {{Scotland-Labour-UK-MP-stub