Labour Party leads tributes to former Aberdeen MP Frank Doran

0 Frank Doran represented three Aberdeen seats Former Aberdeen Labour MP Frank Doran has died at the age of 68, the party has confirmed.

Mr Doran – who led the campaign for offshore health and safety improvements after the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster – served as the MP for Aberdeen South between 1987 and 1992, losing his seat to the Con- servatives that year. He was re-elected in the Aberdeen Central constituency in 1997, and most recently represented Aberdeen North before standing down at the 2015 general election.

North-east Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald said: “Our thoughts are with Frank’s loved ones at this time. The Labour family in the Northeast has lost a strong voice for working people.”