Jimmy Wray

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Jimmy Wray
Member of Parliament
for
Constituency Abolished
Personal details
Born
James Aloysius Joseph Patrick Gabriel Wray

(1935-04-28)28 April 1935
Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died25 May 2013(2013-05-25) (aged 78)
Mearnskirk Home Hospital, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour

James Aloysius Joseph Patrick Gabriel Wray[1] (28 April 1935 – 25 May 2013)[2] was a Scottish politician and Labour Member of Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston and Glasgow Provan.[3]

Born and raised in the

Strathclyde Regional Council in 1975 for Gorbals. He successfully blocked implementation of fluoridation in court by arguing it violated the 1946 Water Act and the 1968 Medicine Act.[when?][1]

By the time he became an MP, Wray was a wealthy man.

Eurosceptic, an advocate of Irish republicanism regarding Northern Ireland,[6] and opposed to abortion and the abolition of Section 28.[7] His views on Northern Ireland led him to be tagged "I.R. Wray" by Private Eye.[6] In 2002, he attacked the Scottish Parliament, labelling its members "odds and sods".[8]

Wray stood down as an MP, aged 70, at the 2005 general election following a stroke in December 2003.[5]

Death

Wray died on 25 May 2013 in Mearnskirk Home Hospital in Renfrewshire[9] after suffering from bowel cancer, aged 78.[4] He had two daughters and two sons.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b Aaron Goldstein "Jimmy Wray, R.I.P." Archived 12 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, The American Spectator, 25 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Jimmy Wray, former Labour MP, dies at 78", telegraph.co.uk, 25 May 2013
  3. ^ "'Jack-the-lad' MP", BBC News, 3 March 2000.
  4. ^ a b Fiona McKay "Estranged wife pays tribute to 'lion of a man' Jimmy Wray", The Herald, 27 May 2013
  5. ^ a b c Brian Beacom "Jimmy Wray", The Herald, 27 May 2013.
  6. ^ a b Robert Waller and Byron Criddle The Almanac of British Politics, London and New York: Routledge, 1999 (6th ed.), p. 312.
  7. ^ Rory Reynolds, "Former Glasgow MP Jimmy Wray dies at 78", Scotland on Sunday, 26 May 2013
  8. ^ "MP lays into Scots Labour colleagues", BBC News, 22 March 2002
  9. ^ Steven, Alasdair (27 May 2013). "Obituary: Jimmy Wray, former Labour MP". The Scotsman. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Hugh Brown
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Provan
19871997
constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston
19972005
constituency abolished