David Lambie is a former Scottish Labour Party

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 politician.

Lambie was educated at Ardrossan Academy

Ardrossan Academy

Ardrossan Academy is a large Scottish secondary school, opened in October 1882, serving the town of Ardrossan, with pupils also coming from nearby Saltcoats, West Kilbride, Seamill, and other areas.-Management Team:...

 and at Glasgow University and Geneva University. He became a teacher and was chairman of the Scottish Labour Party 1965-66.

Lambie contested North Ayrshire and Bute in 1955, 1959, 1964 and 1966. He was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Central Ayrshire

Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Central Ayrshire is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south-west of Scotland within the North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire council areas...

 from 1970 until 1983, and after the boundary changes of that year, for Cunninghame South

Cunninghame South (UK Parliament constituency)

Cunninghame South was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It was represented by one Member of Parliament elected by the first-past-the-post system of election....

 from 1983 until his retirement in 1992.

In popular culture

Lambie was portrayed by Renny Krupinski in the 2002 BBC

BBC

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 production of Ian Curteis

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Ian Bayley Curteis is a British television dramatist and former television director.In a career as a television dramatist from the late 1960s onwards, Curteis wrote for many of the series of the day, including The Onedin Line and Crown Court. In 1979, two television plays by Curteis were...

's controversial The Falklands Play

The Falklands Play

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