Margaret Mitchell (politician, 1952)

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Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell (born November 15, 1952 in Coatbridge ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Conservative Party .

Life

Mitchell attended Coatbridge High School and Jordanhill College . She then received a bachelor's degree from the Open University and a law degree from the University of Strathclyde . Then she received an educational diploma from the Hamilton Teacher Training . Between 1974 and 1990 she worked as a teacher.

Political career

Between 1999 and 2003, Mitchell was an advisor to Conservative Chairman David McLetchie and politician James Douglas-Hamilton . In the 1999 Scottish general election , Mitchell stood as a Conservative Party candidate for the constituency of Hamilton South . However, it could only achieve the third highest number of votes. Due to the election results, however, she moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament as an envoy from the electoral region of Central Scotland via the regional list . In the following general election in 2003 and 2007 , Mitchell ran again for Hamilton South, but could not increase their share of the vote significantly. In both cases she again retained her seat in Parliament as an envoy from Central Scotland. As part of the 2011 constituency reform, the Hamilton South constituency was abolished. From then on Mitchell ran for the newly created constituency of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse . In the parliamentary elections in 2011 and 2016 , Mitchell only received the third highest number of votes in her constituency, but once again entered parliament via the regional list.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the pages of the Scottish Parliament
  2. ↑ a b c Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from October 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  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. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  6. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election 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 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  10. ↑ Results of the general election 2016 on the Scottish Parliament website
  11. ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  12. ↑ Results of the general election 2016 on the Scottish Parliament website

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personal data
SURNAME Mitchell, Margaret
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Coatbridge