ALEXANDER, Douglas Rt Hon

Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South since 2005, for Paisley South, November by-election 1997-2005. Political career: Shadow Foreign Secretary since January 2011; Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions October 2010 - January 2011; Shadow Secretary of State for International Development 2010; Secretary of State for International Development June 2007-10; Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland 2006-07; Minister of State for Europe 2005-06; Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs 2004-05; Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2003-04; Minister of State, Cabinet Office 2002-03; Minister for E-commerce and Competitiveness, DTI 2001-02; Parliamentary Researcher for Gordon Brown 1990-91. Special political interests: Constitutional reform, economic policy, employment policy. Profession/Trade: Solicitor. Education: Park Mains High School, Renfrewshire; Lester B College, Vancouver, Canada; University of Edinburgh, MA (Hons) First Class LLB, Distinction, Diploma in Legal Practice; University of Pennsylvania. Affiliations: Member, TGWU. Author of: Stronger Together (2007); Serving a Cause, Serving a Community (2006); Telling it Like it Could Be (2005); Europe in a Global Age (2005); New Scotland, New Britain (1999). Hobbies: Running, angling. b. 26 October 1967, Glasgow. Married with two children.