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George Galloway MP

Galloway at a Stop The War protest in London, 24 February 2007
Member of Parliament
for Bradford West
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 March 2012
Preceded by Marsha Singh
Majority 10,140 (16.7%)
Member of Parliament
for Bethnal Green and Bow
In office
5 May 2005 – 6 May 2010
Preceded by Oona King
Succeeded by Rushanara Ali
Majority 823 (1.9%)
Member of Parliament
for Glasgow Kelvin
In office
1 May 1997 – 5 May 2005
Preceded by Constituency created
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Majority 7,260 (27.1%)
Member of Parliament
for Glasgow Hillhead
In office
11 June 1987 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by Roy Jenkins
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Majority 4,826 (12.3%)
Personal details
Born (1954-08-16) 16 August 1954 (age 57)
Dundee
Citizenship British
Political party Respect (2004–present)
Labour (1967–2003)
Residence London
Website https://www.georgegalloway.com

George Galloway (born 16 August 1954) is a British politician, author, journalist, and broadcaster, and the Respect Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford West. He was previously an MP for the Labour Party, for Glasgow Hillhead and then its successor constituency Glasgow Kelvin from 1987 until 2005. He was expelled from the Labour Party in October 2003 because of his strident public opposition to the Iraq War.[1] He subsequently became a founding member of the left-wing Respect Party, and was elected as the MP for Bethnal Green and Bow in 2005.[2] In 2010, Galloway unsuccessfully contested the seat of Poplar and Limehouse, and in 2011 he unsuccessfully contested the Glasgow list for the Scottish Parliament, before being elected as an MP in the Bradford West by-election, 2012.[3][4]

Galloway is well known for his campaigns in support of the Palestinians in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He attempted to overturn economic sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s and early 2000s and to avert the 2003 invasion. Galloway testified to the United States Senate in 2005 over alleged illicit payments from the United Nations' Oil for Food Programme.[5]