Angus MacNeil

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name = Angus Brendan MacNeil
honorific-suffix = MP


constituency_MP =Na h-Eileanan an Iar
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term_start = 5 May 2005
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majority = 1,441 (10.4 %)
predecessor = Calum MacDonald
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birth_place = Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
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nationality = Scottish
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party = Scottish National Party
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alma_mater = University of Strathclyde
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Angus Brendan MacNeil (born 21 July 1970) is the Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for Na h-Eileanan an Iar. He was elected in the 2005 general election, defeating Calum MacDonald of the Labour Party.

Career

In March 2006, MacNeil came to widespread public attention after lodging a formal complaint with the Metropolitan Police regarding the Labour Party Cash for Peerages scandal. In April 2006, he and former "anti-corruption" MP Martin Bell wrote to prime minister, Tony Blair calling for all appointments to the House of Lords to be suspended in the wake of the scandal. In November 2006 he won the Best Scot at Westminster section of the Scottish Politician of the Year awards for instigating the inquiry into possible abuse of the honours system. [ [http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/74686.html "The SNP's Angus MacNeil was the Best Scot at Westminster for instigating an inquiry into possible abuse of the honours system."] , "The Herald", 17 November, 2006]

He also received highly prestigious awards from the Spectator Magazine and the Political Studies Society for setting the political agenda in the UK in 2006

External links

* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-7046,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Angus MacNeil MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/angus_macneil/na_h-eileanan_an_iar TheyWorkForYou.com - Angus MacNeil MP]
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Angus_MacNeil&mpc=Na+h-Eileanan+an+Iar The Public Whip - Angus MacNeil MP]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4912678.stm MacNeil presses Blair over honours]

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