About your former Member of Parliament

Mr Jon Rankin is a former MP for Glasgow Govan.

What you can do

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

Profile

Former MP for Glasgow Govan

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 1945 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 8 October 1973 — Died

Also represented Glasgow Tradeston

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Neil Maclean

Future MPs in this constituency

• Jack Browne
• Margo MacDonald
• Harry Selby
• Andy McMahon
• Bruce Millan
• Jim Sillars
• Ian Davidson
• Mohammad Sarwar

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry: Shipbuilding Industry 2 Apr 1973

  Does the Minister agree that Clydeside is now playing its full part in achieving this new and increasing output in shipbuilding?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Crowd Safety 21 Jun 1972

  asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will seek to make compulsory the introduction of controls at all gatherings in Scotland in order to ensure the safe handling of crowds of people; and if he will assist financially those organisations which, owing to lack of money, may find it difficult to adopt his measures.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Crowd Safety 21 Jun 1972

  The fact that the right hon. Gentleman has no proposals to meet my proposition is no excuse for his doing nothing about it. Does he realise that this is an important problem? Will he have another thought about it and realise that it is necessary to do something about it?

More of Mr Jon Rankin’s recent appearances