Margaret Jamieson
Encyclopedia
Margaret Jamieson is a Scottish
Labour
politician, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Kilmarnock and Loudoun
constituency from 1999 to 2007.
In 2007 she lost her constituency to Willie Coffey
of the SNP
.
Prior to 1999 she had worked as a UNISON
official.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician, and was 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 Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Kilmarnock and Loudoun was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election....
constituency from 1999 to 2007.
In 2007 she lost her constituency to Willie Coffey
Willie Coffey
Willie Coffey is a Scottish politician. He is a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun since 2007....
of the SNP
Scottish National Party
The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
.
Prior to 1999 she had worked as a UNISON
UNISON
UNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom with over 1.3 million members.The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service...
official.
External links
- Margaret Jamieson MSP official biography at the Scottish Parliament website
- Margaret Jamieson MSP profile at the site of Scottish Labour
- Constituency website