Fiona McLeod

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Fiona McLeod

Fiona McLeod (* 1957 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish politician and a member of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Life

McLeod attended Bearsden Academy and then studied at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde . She acquired master's degrees in medieval and modern history as well as a diploma in library studies. Between 1983 and 1998 she worked at various academic libraries. McLeod is married and has one son. She lives in Westerton .

Political career

In 1974 McLeod joined the SNP. In the first Scottish general election in 1999, McLeod ran for the direct mandate of the constituency Strathkelvin and Bearsden , but was clearly defeated by the Labor candidate Sam Galbraith and thus missed the direct mandate of the constituency. Since McLeod was placed fourth on the regional electoral list of the SNP for the electoral region West of Scotland , she received one of four list mandates for the SNP in this electoral region and moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament . From June 2001 until the end of the legislative period, MecLeod acted as deputy party spokeswoman for the environment. In the following general election in 2003 McLeod received only the fourth highest number of votes in her constituency of Strathkelvin and Bearsden. Since she was only placed seventh on the regional electoral list of the SNP for West of Scotland, she received none of the three SNP list mandates and resigned from the Scottish Parliament . In the parliamentary elections in 2007 , she was unable to win a direct mandate in her constituency of Paisley South and, being sixth on the relevant regional electoral list, did not receive a mandate on the list. In 2011 , McLeod applied again for the direct mandate of Strathkelvin and Bearsden and won this for the first time for the SNP before the Labor candidate David Whitton .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from October 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Information from the SNP  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.snp.org  
  3. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
  4. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  7. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  8. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  9. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  10. ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
personal data
SURNAME McLeod, Fiona
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow