Karen Whitefield
Karen Whitefield | |
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| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts | |
| In office 6 May 1999 – 6 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | new constituency |
| Succeeded by | Alex Neil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 January 1970 Bellshill |
| Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
Karen Whitefield (born 8 January 1970, Bellshill)[1] was a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts constituency from 1999 to 2011.
Prior to her election as MSP she worked as a personal assistant to Rachel Squire, Member of Parliament.[1]
As an MSP she chaired the Parliament's Education Committee where she used her casting vote to reject the student graduate endowment bill, a Scottish National Party (SNP) flagship policy. It had the backing of the Liberal Democrats and SNP members, however not the Labour or Conservative members of the committee[2] The bill was eventually passed through the Scottish Parliament[3] by a vote of 67 to 61.[4]
Whitefield is Scottish Labour's shadow Minister for Children in the Scottish Parliament and Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Diabetes.
References
External links
- Karen Whitefield MSP personal site
- Karen Whitefield MSP official biography at the Scottish Parliament website
- Karen Whitefield profile at the site of Scottish Labour
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