Frank Roy

Frank Roy
Member of Parliament
for Motherwell and Wishaw
In office
1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by Constituency Created
Succeeded by Marion Fellows
Personal details
Born (1958-08-29) 29 August 1958
Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Ellen Roy[1]
Children 2[1]
Website frankroy.org.uk

Frank Roy (born 29 August 1958) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Motherwell and Wishaw from 1997 to 2015. He was a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury from 2006 to 2010, after having served as an Assistant Whip from 2005.

Early life

Roy was educated at Our Lady's High School, Motherwell, and later at Motherwell College (1992) and Glasgow Caledonian University in Consumer and Management Studies (1994).[1]

Roy was, like many others in the area, a steelworker until he was made redundant in 1991 when Ravenscraig Steelworks closed. He describes the strikes of the 1980s as ensuring his "politicisation was cemented for life"[2]

Political career

Roy worked as a parliamentary assistant to Helen Liddell MP before becoming MP for Motherwell and Wishaw. He is the first MP born locally to represent Motherwell and Wishaw.

In 2001 Roy resigned as parliamentary private secretary to Helen Liddell in the wake of the cancellation of a visit to Carfin Grotto by Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Ahern was due to visit the grotto to open a memorial to victims of the Irish Potato Famine but the visit was cancelled due to Roy's advice of risk of possible sectarian violence,[3] despite statements from Strathclyde Police that they did not consider the visit to be a security risk.[4]

In 2015, Roy worked on Liz Kendall's unsuccessful bid for the Labour leadership.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Frank Roy MP". Westminster Parliamentary Record. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Roy, Frank (26 June 2012). "Frank Roy MP recalls his days as a Ravenscraig steelworker". Evening Times. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Tara Womersley (12 February 2001). "Frank Roy resigns over Ahern visit". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ahern row MP quits as aide". BBC. 11 February 2001. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Motherwell and Wishaw
1997–2015 		Succeeded by
Marion Fellows
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