Since entering Parliament Ian has developed particular interest in industrial issues, Europe, international development, and trade union rights. He has been active in the Shipbulding Group which brings together MPs representing constituencies with significant shipbuilding and ship repair yards.
Since 2010 Ian has served as chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee which is the major committee at Westminster with responsibility for all issues relevant to Scotland. Ian has reinvigorated the committee and it has embarked on a number of important and wide ranging enquiries under his chairmanship.
Ian is married with two grown up children. When not working hard for his constituents, he is a keen rugby fan and trys to keep himself fit by swimming.
Ian Davidson was first elected to Parliament in 1992 for the old Govan constituency. Boundary changes since then saw Ian elected in 1997 for Pollok, before the most recent changes in 2005, which saw Ian re-elected for Glasgow South West with a majority of 14,671.
Prior to entering Parliament, Ian served for 14 years as a Regional Councillor for the Govan area. During his time as a councillor, he served as Chair of the Education Committee and had responsibility for the largest education authority in the UK.
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Glasgow South West Constituency came into being in 2005 following a reduction in the number of Scottish constituencies.
The constituency stretches from the Clyde at Govan to the city boundaries at the south and west. With a total population in 2010 of over 84,000, the total electorate is just short of 59,0000. Housing is split fairly evenly between privately owned and rented but the private rented sector is well below the Glasgow avereage at only 8%.
Govan Shipbuiders remains the most well known industrial employer within the constituency but there are numerous other employers and a number of industrial estates scattered across the constituency. Despite this, the unemployment level in Glasgow South is slightly higher than the Glasgow average.
The reduction in the number of MPs to 600, as proposed by the present government, may well see further changes to the constituency boundaries before the next election due in 2015
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