Jimmy Wray

James Aloysius Joseph Patrick Gabriel Wray[1] (28 April 1935 – 25 May 2013)[2] was a Scottish politician and Labour Member of Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston and Glasgow Provan.

His political stances were Eurosceptic, an advocate of Irish republicanism regarding Northern Ireland,[6] and opposed to abortion and the abolition of Section 28.

[6] In 2002, he attacked the Scottish Parliament, labelling its members "odds and sods".

[8] Wray stood down as an MP, aged 70, at the 2005 general election following a stroke in December 2003.

[5] Wray died on 25 May 2013 in Mearnskirk Home Hospital in Renfrewshire[9] after suffering from bowel cancer, aged 78.