Jimmy Wray is a Scottish

Scotland

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 politician of Irish descent and former member of Parliament

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 for Glasgow

Glasgow

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 Baillieston

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A former boxer, Wray was elected as a councillor to the then Glasgow

Glasgow

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 Town Council in 1964 for Kelvinside

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, and moved over to the larger Strathclyde Regional Council in 1975 for Gorbals

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Wray is a left-wing member of the Labour Party

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, and is part of the Socialist Campaign Group

Socialist Campaign Group

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. He is Eurosceptic

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, pro-Irish nationalist regarding Northern Ireland

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, and is opposed to abortion

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 and the abolition of Section 28

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. He was tagged "I.R Wray" by Private Eye

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Wray stood down as an MP at the 2005 general election

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 following a stroke

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in December 2004. He has since recovered and is now retired.

He has four children, two girls and two boys.