Rosemary Byrne

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Rosemary Byrne (* 1948 in Irvine ) is a Scottish politician, member of the Solidarity party and former member of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP).

Life

Byrne attended the Irvine Royal Academy and Craigie College in Ayr . She graduated with an education diploma and then worked as a teacher in North Ayrshire . Byrne is married and a member of the Educational Institute of Scotland .

Political career

In the first Scottish general election in 1999, Byrne ran for the Scottish Socialist Party. However, she did not apply for a direct mandate of a constituency, but was set on the first rank of the regional electoral list of the SSP for the electoral region South of Scotland . Since the SSP only received around 1% of the votes in the electoral region in these elections, they could not send a candidate to the newly created Scottish Parliament . At the British level, she applied for the direct mandate of the constituency of Cunninghame South in the 2001 general election , and with a share of 4.3% of the vote, she clearly missed entry into the British House of Commons . In the 2003 general election , Byrne received the third largest share of the vote in her constituency, Cunninghame South, with 11.8% . However, since she was listed on the first rank of the regional electoral list of the SSP for South of Scotland, she received a list mandate as a result of the election result and moved into the Scottish Parliament for the first time . Together with other members of the SSP, Byrne left the party in 2006 and became a founding member of the new Solidarity party . Together with Tommy Sheridan , she was elected party leader. In the following general election in 2007 , Byrne led Solidarity's electoral list in the electoral region. However, the party won none of the seats and Byrne resigned from parliament.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
  3. ^ Results of the 2001 general election
  4. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  5. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  6. ↑ BBC News: Sheridan's unveils Solidarity party
  7. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
personal data
SURNAME Byrne, Rosemary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Irvine