Iain Gray
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Iain Gray (born 1957, Edinburgh) is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands constituency from 1999 to 2003.
He was made a deputy minister in the first Scottish Executive in 1999 and following Jack McConnell becoming First Minister he was promoted to Minister for Social Justice.
In the 2003 election he was defeated by the Scottish Conservative and Unionist leader David McLetchie, who he had beaten in 1999. After leaving Holyrood he has worked as a special advisor to the Scottish Office under Alistair Darling and initially announced he will not be seeking re-election. However he has been selected as the Labour candidate for East Lothian for the 2007 elections.
- Iain Gray MSP biography at the Scottish Parliament website
- Iain Gray favourite for East Lothian seat The Herald