Frank Doran
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Frank Doran (born April 13, 1949) is a Scottish politician of the Labour Party. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1987 - with the exception of five years when he was out of the Commons between 1992 and 1997 - and currently represents Aberdeen North.
Frank Doran was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended Leith Academy and Dundee University and became a solicitor. He was elected MP in 1987 for Aberdeen South, and from 1988 to 1992 was the Shadow Minister for Oil and Gas, as part of a team that was led first by Tony Blair and later by Frank Dobson. Frank Doran lost his bid for re-election in 1992 to the Conservative Party candidate, the only Labour seat lost that year. He was re-elected in 1997 for Aberdeen Central.
Following changes to the electoral boundaries in Scotland, the constituency of Aberdeen Central was abolished prior to the 2005 general election. Doran was forced to compete against the (at-the-time) Aberdeen North MP, Malcolm Savidge, for the Labour party candidacy in a much-altered North seat. Frank Doran won the nomination, and was elected to represent the new Aberdeen North seat with a majority of 6,795 votes. The win gave Frank Doran the unusual distinction of having represented Aberdeen South, Aberdeen Central and Aberdeen North during his parliamentary career.
External links
- Frank Doran (http://www.frankdoran.org.uk/) official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Frank Doran MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-1440,00.html)
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Frank Doran MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/frank_doran/aberdeen_north)
- The Public Whip - Frank Doran MP (http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?firstname=Frank&lastname=Doran&constituency=Aberdeen+Central) voting record
- BBC News - Frank Doran (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2051150.stm) political profile
- BBC profile of Aberdeen North constituency (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/670.stm)sv:Frank Doran