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Neil Charles Gray (born 1986) is a Scottish National Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Airdrie & Shotts since the general election in May 2015. Gray was born and brought up in Orkney, and was educated at Kirkwall Grammar School. He graduated from the University of Stirling in 2008 with a first-class Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in politics and journalism. Following his graduation, Gray was employed as a producer and reporter with BBC Radio Orkney from 2003 until 2008. He then worked as a press and research intern for the SNP parliamentary group at the Scottish Parliament for several months before being appointed as constituency office manager for Alex Neil MSP - a position he held until his election to Parliament. The selection process for the Airdrie SNP candidacy, which Neil Gray ultimately won, was not without controversy. Ex Diplomat Craig Murray was nominated as a potential candidate at an Airdrie Branch meeting but did not make the final list as he failed SNP candidate vetting, whereupon he commented that "I think in both Airdrie & Shotts and in Falkirk it's evident who the party hierarchy wants to be the candidate." Former Policeman and SNP Councillor Alan Beveridge resigned from the party in February 2015 after Neil Gray was selected, claiming that there was a "climate of fear, intimidation and false allegations within the party" which were highlighted in the selection process. Outside of politics, Gray was a keen athlete, representing Scotland at 400m until a serious knee injury ended his career. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neil Gray」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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