Karen Gillon

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Karen Gillon

Karen Gillon , née Karen Turnbull , (born August 18, 1967 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Labor Party .

Life

Gillon attended Jedburgh Grammar School and then studied at Birmingham University . In the following years she worked in youth work, then for public educational projects. She is married and has two sons and a daughter. She is also a member of the UNISON union .

Political career

Since 1997, Gillon was for the lower house deputies the constituency Airdrie and Shotts , Helen Liddell operate. In the first Scottish general election in 1999, Gillon first ran for national elections. With a clear lead she won the direct mandate of her constituency of Clydesdale and moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament . In the following parliamentary elections in 2003 and 2007 , she defended her mandate. Finally, she lost in the Scottish Parliament elections in 2011 the SNP contestant Aileen Campbell and resigned from parliament.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Information from the Labor Party ( Memento from May 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from October 13, 2008 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 Gillon, Karen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turnbull, Karen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH 18th August 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh