Angela Constance

Angela Constance

Angela Constance (born July 15, 1970 in Blackburn ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Life

Constance attended West Calder High School and Bo'ness Academy before enrolling at the University of Glasgow in 1988 . She then worked in the financial sector for a few years and then continued her education at West Lothian College and the University of Stirling . Subsequently, Constance worked as a social worker first for the Council Areas Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross and finally for the State Hospital. Between 1997 and 2007 she was a councilor for the West Lothian Council Area . Constance has a son.

Political career

In the Scottish parliamentary elections in 2007 she ran for the first time as a direct candidate in the constituency of Livingston and won the vote in front of her opponent Bristow Muldoon of the Labor Party , who had represented the constituency in the Scottish Parliament since 1999 .

In 2007 Constance won the direct mandate in the Livingston constituency and moved into the Scottish Parliament for the first time. As part of the revision of the constituencies in 2011, this constituency was abolished and largely merged into the newly established Almond Valley constituency . Constance also won direct mandate in this constituency in the 2011 parliamentary elections . Constance is Minister for Children and Young People.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Entry on the pages of the Scottish Parliament
2. ↑ Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from October 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
4. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
5. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
6. ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
7. ^ Entry on the pages of the Scottish Parliament