Rhoda Grant

Rhoda Grant (born June 26, 1963 in Stornoway ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Labor Party and the Co-operative Party .

Life

Grant grew up in a settlement on the south bank of the Loch Torridon inlet . She attended Plockton High School in Plockton and Inverness College . She then studied social sciences at the Open University and graduated with a bachelor's degree . In 1993 she joined the UNISON union .

Political career

For the first time Grant appeared in the Scottish general election in 1999 to national elections. She did not apply for the direct mandate of a constituency, but for one of the seven mandates to be awarded in the Highlands and Islands electoral region . She took third place on the Labor Party's regional electoral list and, as a result of the election results, was one of three Labor Party candidates for the Highlands and Islands in the newly created Scottish Parliament . Since the Labor Party's share of the vote in the 2003 parliamentary elections fell by 3.2% compared to 1999, the party was only able to send two regional candidates this time, which is why Grant, who was listed in third place, lost its seat in parliament. Grant did not appear in these elections exclusively as a list candidate, but also applied for the direct mandate of the constituency of Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber . There she was however subject to the mandate holder Fergus Ewing from the SNP . Since Grant's party colleague Maureen Macmillan , who was lower than Grant on the electoral list in both elections, did not run for the 2007 parliamentary elections, Grant slipped to second place and was able to secure a mandate from the region again in 2007, which she received from the Defended 2011 and 2016 elections.

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personal data
SURNAME	Grant, Rhoda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 26, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stornoway

[1] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[rg-2] Biographical information ( Memento from February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[sop-3] Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from May 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

[4] the 1999 general election on the Scottish Parliament website

[5] the general election 2003 on the pages of the Scottish Parliament

[6] the general election 2003 on the pages of the Scottish Parliament

[7] the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website

[8] the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website

[9] the general election 2016 on the Scottish Parliament website