David Cairns (politician)

David Cairns
Cairns in 2009
Minister of State for Scotland[a]
In office 11 May 2005 – 16 September 2008
Prime Minister	Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Anne McGuire
Succeeded by	Ann McKechin (as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland)
Member of Parliament for Inverclyde Greenock and Inverclyde (2001–2005)
In office 7 June 2001 – 9 May 2011
Preceded by	Norman Godman
Succeeded by	Iain McKenzie
Personal details
Born	(1966-08-07)7 August 1966 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died	9 May 2011(2011-05-09) (aged 44) Hampstead, London, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Domestic partner	Dermot Kehoe
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University

John David Cairns (7 August 1966 – 9 May 2011) was a Scottish politician who served as Minister of State for Scotland from 2005 to 2008. A member of Scottish Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Inverclyde, formerly Greenock and Inverclyde, from 2001 until his death in 2011.
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