Neil Bibby is a Labour

Scottish Labour Party

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 Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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, representing the West of Scotland region

West of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

West of Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament...

. Bibby was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2011 to represent the West of Scotland region, as the Labour Party returned three members from the list.

Born in Paisley

Paisley

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, Bibby grew up in Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire

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 and went to the University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

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. Bibby had been Chair of Young Labour UK

Young Labour (United Kingdom)

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 and Chair of Scottish Labour Students

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. In 2007 he was elected as a councillor in Johnstone North, Kilbarchan

Kilbarchan

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 and Lochwinnoch

Lochwinnoch

Lochwinnoch is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Lying on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is chiefly a residential dormitory village serving nearby urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley...

. Before becoming elected to the Scottish Parliament he worked for Jim Murphy

Jim Murphy

James Francis "Jim" Murphy is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire....

 MP and Ken Macintosh MSP.