Sandra Osborne

Sandra Osborne (* 23. February 1956 as Sandra Clark ) is a politician of the Scottish Labor Party .

Life

Osborne was born the second oldest of five children. She attended school in Paisley before graduating from night school to attend Jordanhill College . She left this with a diploma from the field of education. In Glasgow they then worked before as a consultant for 14 years for a women's aid organization in Kilmarnock worked. Osborne completed part-time studies at Strathclyde University with a Masters in Equality and Discrimination . In 1997 she was nominated for the Scottish Woman of the Year election for her work in women's welfare . Osborne is married and has two daughters.

Political career

After Osborne had already been elected to various regional councils, she appeared in the 1997 general election for the first time to national elections. As a candidate of the Labor Party in the constituency of Ayr , she inherited her husband, who missed the lower house mandate against the conservative Phil Gallie in the previous elections with a difference of only 85 votes . Since its inception in 1950, the constituency has only sent conservative politicians. With a significant increase in votes, Osborne was able to win the Labor Party mandate for the first time. During the term, Osborne served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Brian Wilson and later George Foulkes .

In the 2001 general election , Osborne defended her mandate despite losing votes. She became Parliamentary Private Secretary again, this time under Helen Liddell . In 2003, she resigned from this post due to disagreements over Iraq policy. Before the general election in 2005 , the Ayr constituency was dissolved. Therefore, Osborne joined the newly created constituency of Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock . She won the mandate and was able to defend it in the 2010 elections with a slight gain in votes. In the general election of 2015 , Osborne was unable to prevail against the SNP candidate Corri Wilson and she subsequently left the British House of Commons.

Web links

• Own web presence
• Information on the UK Parliament website
• Sandra Osborne at Hansard (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information about Sandra Osborne
2. ^ Results of the general election in 1992
3. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the lower house elections 1997 and 2001 ( Memento of the original from October 30, 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. 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Information about Sandra Osborne ( Memento from October 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Results of the lower house elections 2005 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 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. 
6. ↑ Results of the 2010 general election ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2016 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. 
7. ↑ Results of the general election 2015