About your former Member of Parliament

Mr William McKelvey is a former MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun.

What you can do

• Find out more about your MP, including their voting summary and recent speeches.

Profile

Former MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Entered the House of Commons on 3 May 1979 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 8 April 1997 — General election

Also represented Kilmarnock

Future MPs in this constituency

• Des Browne
• Cathy Jamieson
• Alan Brown
• Lillian Jones

Recent appearances

• Prayers: Tariff Rebate Subsidy (Northern Isles) 12 Mar 1997

  Will the Minister give an answer to the problem that could arise from the appointment of the P and O Ferries managing director to the Aberdeen harbour board for three years, as many people would imagine that that implies that the tender has already been won?

• Prayers: Tariff Rebate Subsidy (Northern Isles) 12 Mar 1997

  Good morning, Madam Speaker. I am delighted to have this opportunity to debate tariff rebate subsidy. This is an historic event, as it is the first time that the Select Committee on Scottish Affairs, which was formed comparatively recently, has had time on the Floor of the House to discuss a report and the Government's response. By way of introduction, I shall outline the history of the...

• Prayers: Tariff Rebate Subsidy (Northern Isles) 12 Mar 1997

  I was merely saying that the Government had suggested that there was an unfair advantage; I was not saying that. My hon. Friend is right, because the Select Committee strongly felt—I put it no higher—that there was a very cosy relationship between the Scottish Office and P and O. In effect, P and O has been subsidised at a time of loss, and I shall return to that matter in more detail...

More of Mr William McKelvey’s recent appearances