1. William Kidd was born on 24 July 1956 and is a Scottish National Party politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Glasgow Anniesland constituency since 2011, having previously represented the Glasgow region from 2007 to 2011.
13 Facts About Bill Kidd
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Bill Kidd is currently the convenor of the Cross Party Group on Nuclear Disarmament and deputy convenor of the Cross Party Group on Human Trafficking.
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Bill Kidd previously served as chief whip from 2012 to 2018 and as senior deputy whip from 2007 to 2012.
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Outside of Holyrood, Bill Kidd serves as co-president of the international organisation Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non Proliferation and Disarmament.
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Bill Kidd has represented PNND at the United Nations, including delivering PNND's address to the 10th NPT Review Conference in August 2022.
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In 2016 Bill Kidd was named, in his capacity as co-president, in a nomination of PNND for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Bill Kidd was singled out for his dedicated work campaigning against nuclear weapons.
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Bill Kidd was a clerk at the Clydebank District Council, before enrolling as a mature student.
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Bill Kidd was the SNP candidate at the 1987 general election for Glasgow Hillhead but finished in fourth place with 2,713 votes, losing to George Galloway of the Labour Party.
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Bill Kidd stood for the SSP at the 1989 Glasgow Central by-election, but later re-joined the SNP.
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Bill Kidd stood again for the SNP at Cunninghame South at the 2001 general election but finished in second place with 5,194 votes to Brian Donohoe of the Labour Party.
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Bill Kidd Kidd won the seat for Anniesland again in 2021, this time winning 17,501 seats ahead of second-placed Scottish Labour candidate Eva Murray's 10,932.
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Bill Kidd is a past convenor of the SNP's Glasgow Regional Association.