Malcolm Kemp Savidge (born 9 May 1946 in

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) is a politician in the

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. He was Labour Party

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(MP) for Aberdeen North, in

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, from the 1997 general election until he stood down at the 2005 general election.

Early life

Educated at

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and then

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, he was previously a

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for 24 years and was a member of

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. In 1991, he unsuccessfully contested the Kincardine and Deeside by-election, where he finished in fourth place, and he was defeated again fighting the same seat at the general election the following year.

Parliamentary career

He was elected for Aberdeen North in 1997, with a 47.9% share of the vote and a majority of 10,010 votes over

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of the SNP. The Sunday Working (Scotland) Act 2003 was the result of a

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raised by Savidge during 2003. The Act extended to Scotland the rights enjoyed by shopworkers in

and

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to refuse to work on a Sunday. When the number of Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland was reduced for the 2005 general election, the former Aberdeen Central constituency was mostly absorbed into an expanded Aberdeen North. The Aberdeen Central MP Frank Doran was selected as the Labour candidate for Aberdeen North, and Savidge did not contest the 2005 general election.

After Parliament

Since leaving Westminster he has been a member of the

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and has been a consultant to the Oxford Research Group.

External links

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1946 births Living people Councillors in Aberdeen Scottish Labour councillors People from Surrey Scottish Labour MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Aberdeen constituencies Scottish schoolteachers UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 Alumni of the University of Aberdeen People educated at Wallington County Grammar School {{Scotland-Labour-UK-MP-stub