Bristow Muldoon Explained

Bristow Muldoon
Constituency Mp:Livingston
Parliament:Scottish
Term Start:6 May 1999
Term End:2 April 2007
Predecessor:New Parliament
Successor:Angela Constance
Birth Date:19 March 1964
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Party:Scottish Labour Party

Bristow Muldoon (born 19 March 1964 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish Labour politician.

He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Livingston constituency from 1999 to 2007, but then lost the seat to Angela Constance of the SNP. Before this, he was a Councillor at both Lothian Regional Council and West Lothian Council.

Prior to 1999, he worked as a manager in a series of roles for InterCity and then for GNER over a period of 13 years.

On 13 August 2007, it was announced that he had been appointed as the first Scottish Parliamentary Liaison Officer jointly for the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Society of Chemistry.

He is a graduate of both the University of Strathclyde and the Open University.

He is married to Cllr Catherine Muldoon, Provost of West Lothian and has three sons.