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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=March 2020}} '''Alexander Garrow''' (12 March 1923 – 16 December 1966) was a [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour]] politician in the [[United Kingdom]]. He was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency)\|Glasgow Pollok]] at the [[1964 United Kingdom general election\|1964 general election]], was re-elected in [[1966 United Kingdom general election\|1966]] but died later the same year, at the age of 43. Known in The House for being aan MP who was not committed to personal advancement, he gave up his pay rise to the pensioners in 1964 along with another Glasgow Labour MP.{{Citation needed\|date=August 2011}} He also was a key member of Glasgow City Council Transport sub-committee who helped introduce Atlantean One Man Operated buses into the City.{{Citation needed\|date=August 2011}} His swansong was, unfortunately, attempting to find a new permanent home for The [[Burrell Collection]] which, until the opening of a dedicated museum in Pollok Estate, was housed in Pollok House, Kelvin Grove Art Gallery and Museum and some dusty store rooms in the latter.{{Citation needed\|date=August 2011}} Line 17: {{s-par\|uk}} {{succession box \| title=[[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency)\|Glasgow Pollok]] \| years=[[1964 United Kingdom general election\|1964]]–[[1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election\|1966]] \| before=Sir [[John George (Conservative politician)\|John George]] \| after=Prof. [[Esmond Wright]] }} Line 28: [[Category:1966 deaths]] [[Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies]] [[Category:Scottish Labour ~~Party~~ MPs]] [[Category:UK MPs 1964–1966]] [[Category:UK MPs 1966–1970]]