Marion Fellows
Marion Fellows (born May 5, 1949 ) is a Scottish politician of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
Life
Fellows studied finance and accounting at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University . She then worked in this field in both the private and public sectors. She then taught economics at West Lothian College for 19 years . She has lived in Wishaw and Bellshill for over 40 years . She is a member of the EIS teachers' union .
Political career
In 2012, Wishaw District Fellows was elected to the North Lanarkshire Regional Council for the SNP . In the run-up to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014 , she was one of the key people in the pro campaign in Wishaw.
In the UK general election in 2010 , Fellows ran for the SNP in their home constituency, Motherwell and Wishaw . On election day, however, she was unable to prevail against Labor MP Frank Roy , who had represented the constituency in the British House of Commons since 1997 . With the massive gains in votes by the SNP in the subsequent general election in 2015 , Fellows won a majority of 56.5% and subsequently moved into the House of Commons for the first time. There she is Whip of the SNP parliamentary group and a member of the education committee. With a loss of votes, Fellows narrowly maintained their mandate in the early general election in 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on myparliament.info
- ↑ a b Information from the SNP
- ↑ Results of the general election 2010 ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Results of the general election 2015
- ↑ Information from the British Parliament
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| SURNAME | Fellows, Marion |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1949 |