Patricia Godman

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Patricia "Trish" Godman (born October 31, 1939 in Govan , † July 21, 2019 in Clydebank ) was a Scottish politician and member of the Labor Party .

Life

Godman attended St Gerard's Senior Secondary School in Glasgow . She left school at the age of 15 and worked in various commercial professions in the following years. After graduating from Jordanhill College of Education , she spent 15 years as a social worker in Glasgow's East End. Godman was a member of various trade unions and not-for-profit organizations, including Amnesty International . She was married to the Member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Greenock and Port Glasgow , later Greenock and Inverclyde , Norman Godman and was a mother of three.

Political career

In 1994 Godman was elected to Strathclyde County Council, and in 1995 to Glasgow City Council. In the first Scottish general election in 1999, Godman first ran for national elections. She applied for the direct mandate of the West Renfrewshire constituency and was able to win it before the applicant of the SNP . She defended her mandate in the 2003 parliamentary elections . Godman was then elected Deputy Speaker of Parliament. She also defended West Renfrewshire's direct mandate in the 2007 general election , this time in front of Conservative Annabel Goldie . At the 2011 parliamentary elections Godman has not raced for more.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary: Trish Godman, former Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament , scotsman.com, July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  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 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
personal data
SURNAME Godman, Patricia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Godman, Trish
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Govan
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 2019
Place of death Clydebank