{{Short description|British politician (born 1952)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Des McNulty | honorific_suffix = | image = Des McNulty.jpg | caption = McNulty in 2016 | constituency_MP = [[Clydebank and Milngavie (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Clydebank and Milngavie]] | parliament = Scottish | term_start = 6 May 1999 | term_end = 22 March 2011 | predecessor = ''Constituency established'' | successor = [[Gil Paterson]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|07|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Stockport]], England | death_date = | death_place = | birth_name = Desmond McNulty | party = [[Scottish Labour Party]] | alma_mater = [[University of York]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Desmond "Des" McNulty''' (born 28 July 1952), is a [[Scottish Labour Party]] politician, who served as the [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) for the [[Clydebank and Milngavie (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Clydebank and Milngavie]] constituency from 1999 to 2011, serving as Labour's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning until he was defeated at the [[2011 Scottish Parliament election|2011 election]].
==Early life and career== McNulty studied at [[St Bede's College, Manchester]] and graduated from the [[University of York]] in social sciences in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.desmcnulty.co.uk/about-des |title=About Des McNulty MSP |publisher=desmcnulty.co.uk |accessdate=8 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314111010/http://www.desmcnulty.co.uk/about-des |archivedate=14 March 2010 }}</ref>
Before entering the [[Scottish Parliament]], he worked at [[Glasgow Caledonian University]] as a sociologist, later becoming head of strategic planning.
==Political career== McNulty served as Deputy Minister for Social Justice from 2002 to 2003, but was replaced after the [[2003 Scottish Parliament election|2003 election]]. He returned to ministerial office in November 2006 as Deputy Communities Minister.
On becoming leader of Labour in the Scottish Parliament in September 2008, Iain Gray appointed McNulty Shadow Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change. McNulty also served on the Scottish Parliament Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee. On 27 October 2009 he was appointed Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning by [[Iain Gray]].
==Personal life== McNulty is married and has two sons.
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{SP-MSP}}
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