Cathy Peattie

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Cathy Peattie (born November 24, 1951 in Grangemouth ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Labor Party .

Life

Peattie attended Moray Secondary School , which she left at the age of 15. She then worked for an industrial company for nine years.

Political career

In the Scottish general elections in 1999 Peattie stood as a candidate for the Labor Party for the constituency of Falkirk East . With a clear lead over the candidate of the SNP she won the mandate and moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament . In the following parliamentary elections in 2003 and 2007 , she defended her mandate. The parliamentary elections in 2011 brought a change of the MP from Falkirk East, because the SNP politician Angus MacDonald managed to win the constituency for his party for the first time.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b Information from the Labor Party ( Memento from May 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website.
  4. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website.
  5. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website.
  6. ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website.
personal data
SURNAME Peattie, Cathy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Grangemouth