Gordon Banks
MP, Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and
Skills
Gordon Banks has been the Labour MP for Ochil & South Perthshire since 2005 and
was last year appointed by Ed Miliband as one of Labour’s Shadow Ministers with
responsibility for business, regulation and banking.
Gordon is married and has two children.
Before entering politics, the vast majority of Gordon’s working life was spent in the
construction industry. He began work in his teens with Costain Construction and
worked his way up through the industry. In 1976 Gordon was appointed Chief
Buyer for Barratt Developments, a job which he carried out until 1986 when he set
up his own building supply company, Cartmore Building Supplies Ltd, which is
based in Lochgelly, Fife.
Gordon has qualifications from Glasgow College of Building and a BA in History and
Politics from the University of Stirling.