Hanzala Malik

Hanzala Shaheed Malik (born 26 November 1956) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region from 2011 until 2016.[1]

Hanzala Malik
Malik in 2011
Deputy Convener of the European and External Relations Committee
In office
14 June 2011 – 5 May 2016
ConvenerChristina McKelvie
Preceded bySandra White
Succeeded byJoan McAlpine
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Glasgow
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
6 May 2011 – 5 May 2016
Personal details
Born (1956-11-26) 26 November 1956
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Political partyScottish Labour Party
Alma materUniversity of Paisley

Early life and career

Born in Glasgow, Malik gained a BSc degree in Computing with Business Administration from the University of Paisley. Prior to working in politics, he worked in both the private and public sector including serving as a police special constable and member of the Territorial Army.

Political career

Malik was a Glasgow City Councillor for the one-member ward of Hillhead from 1995 to 2007, then as one of four in the larger multi-member of the same name from 2007 to 2012. In his role as a councillor, Malik was a member of council committees which included Education, Development and Regeneration, Finance, Housing, Licensing, Policy and Resources.

Malik was elected as a Labour MSP for the Glasgow region in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election (he declined to vacate his council seat until elections the following year, despite a by-election already being arranged for the ward after the death of another councillor).[2] He was eleventh on Labour's regional list at the election in May 2016[3] and was not re-elected. He was re-elected as a Glasgow City councillor, again for Hillhead, in May 2017.

Malik endorsed Anas Sarwar in the 2021 Scottish Labour leadership election.[4]

Personal life

Malik is mixed-race; his father was born in Pakistan and his mother was born in Scotland. He has been married for over thirty years and has two children and two grandchildren.

References
  1. "Double-job MSPs collect council pay". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. "Labour MSP under fire for double job". HeraldScotland. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. "Scottish Labour unveils candidates list". BBC News. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  4. "Scottish Leadership Election 2021 - Nominations". Scottish Labour. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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