Jackie Baillie
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Jacqueline Marie Baillie (born 15 January 1964, Hong Kong
) is a Scottish Labour Party
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for the Dumbarton
constituency and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy.
Lake District
and has studied at Cumbernauld College
, Strathclyde University and the University of Glasgow
.
She lives in Dumbarton with her husband and her teenage daughter.
District Council and a community economic development manager at East Dunbartonshire
Council. She was Chair of the Scottish Labour Party
in 1997.
. She was re-elected in 2003. A member of the Scottish Parliament's Justice 2 Committee and Public Petitions Committee, she was previously a member of the Scottish Executive
, serving as Minister for Social Justice when Henry McLeish
was First Minister
, during which time she was involved with the Homelessness Task Force.
As a backbench MSP she has campaigned for a public inquiry into a lethal outbreak of Clostridium difficile
at the Vale of Leven Hospital. In 2007 she defended Wendy Alexander
on Newsnight Scotland
during the controversy regarding illegal donations to Alexander's leadership campaign.
In 2009 she successfully brought into being an act of the Scottish Parliament, with the unanimous support of all MSPs, to allow for greater protection of disabled parking spaces.
She has opposed minimum pricing of alcohol, being unconvinced about the benefits to health and concerned that it may result in job losses, and stating that it was not the best way of tackling the country's alcohol-related problems.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
) is a Scottish Labour Party
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Member of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...
for the Dumbarton
Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Dumbarton is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election...
constituency and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy.
Background
Born in Hong Kong to a Portuguese father and Scottish mother, Baillie was schooled at St Anne's School, Windermere in the EnglishEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Lake District
Lake District
The Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth...
and has studied at Cumbernauld College
Cumbernauld College
Cumbernauld College is a higher and further education college in central Scotland. Cumbernauld College serves the communities of both North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire, and has campuses in both Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch, as well as further key outreach centres in Kilsyth, Airdrie,...
, Strathclyde University and the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
.
She lives in Dumbarton with her husband and her teenage daughter.
Early career
Baillie has been a resource centre manager at StrathkelvinStrathkelvin
Strathkelvin is the strath of the River Kelvin in west central Scotland, close to the city of Glasgow. The name Strathkelvin was formerly used for one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland.-District :The district of Strathkelvin was formed by the Local...
District Council and a community economic development manager at East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire
This article is about the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. See also East Dunbartonshire .East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the north-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of...
Council. She was Chair of the Scottish Labour Party
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....
in 1997.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
She was first elected at the inaugural election for the Scottish ParliamentScottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
. She was re-elected in 2003. A member of the Scottish Parliament's Justice 2 Committee and Public Petitions Committee, she was previously a member of the Scottish Executive
Scottish Executive
The Scottish Government is the executive arm of the devolved government of Scotland. It was established in 1999 as the Scottish Executive, from the extant Scottish Office, and the term Scottish Executive remains its legal name under the Scotland Act 1998...
, serving as Minister for Social Justice when Henry McLeish
Henry McLeish
Henry Baird McLeish is a Scottish Labour Party politician, author and academic. Formerly a professional association football player, McLeish was the Member of Parliament for Central Fife from 1987 to 2001 and the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Fife from 1999 to 2003, during which...
was First Minister
First Minister
A First Minister is the leader of a government cabinet.-Canada:In Canada, "First Ministers" is a collective term that refers to all Canadian first ministers of the Crown, otherwise known as heads of government, including the Prime Minister of Canada and the provincial and territorial premiers...
, during which time she was involved with the Homelessness Task Force.
As a backbench MSP she has campaigned for a public inquiry into a lethal outbreak of Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile , also known as "CDF/cdf", or "C...
at the Vale of Leven Hospital. In 2007 she defended Wendy Alexander
Wendy Alexander
Wendy Alexander is a Scottish politician and the former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Paisley North. She held various Scottish Government cabinet posts and was the leader of the Labour Party group in the Scottish Parliament from 2007-2008...
on Newsnight Scotland
Newsnight Scotland
Newsnight Scotland is a BBC Scotland television news programme which started on Monday October 4, 1999. The programme is aired from BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow, and is an opt out of the main London-based Newsnight programme...
during the controversy regarding illegal donations to Alexander's leadership campaign.
In 2009 she successfully brought into being an act of the Scottish Parliament, with the unanimous support of all MSPs, to allow for greater protection of disabled parking spaces.
She has opposed minimum pricing of alcohol, being unconvinced about the benefits to health and concerned that it may result in job losses, and stating that it was not the best way of tackling the country's alcohol-related problems.
External links
- www.jackiebaillie.co.uk Jackie Baillie Official Website
- Official biography
- Jackie Baillie MSP Biography at the Labour party website