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Ronnie Cowan (politician)

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Ronnie Cowan
Cowan in 2017
Member of Parliament
for Inverclyde
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byIain McKenzie
Majority7,512 (18.9%)
Personal details
Born
Ronald Jack Cowan[1]

(1959-09-06) 6 September 1959 (age 64)
Inverclyde, Scotland
Political partyScottish National Party

Ronald Jack Cowan (born 6 September 1959) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Inverclyde since the 2015 general election,[2] having been re-elected in 2017 and 2019.

He is the son of Morton and Scotland football goalkeeper Jimmy Cowan.[3] Cowan is from Greenock, and was educated at Greenock Academy. He is an owner of an IT service company.[4]

References

  1. ^ "No. 27885". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 1077.
  2. ^ Cowan, Ronnie. "Inverclyde Parliamentary Constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ^ SNP profile Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Nutt, Kathleen. "Meet your new Scottish MPs: #38 Ronnie Cowan, Inverclyde". The National. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Inverclyde
2015–present
Incumbent