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Irene McGugan
Irene McGugan (born 1952) is a Scottish politician. She was a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland region from 1999 to 2003. In the 1999 election she stood as a constituency candidate in Aberdeen South, finishing fourth. However her number four position on the SNP North East Scotland list was enough to take her to Holyrood. She was the SNP's deputy party spokesperson on Education and Young People from June 2001, replacing John Swinney John Ramsay Swinney (born 13 April 1964) is a Scottish politician who has served as First Minister of Scotland, first minister of Scotland since 2024. Swinney has served as Leader of the Scottish National Party, leader of the Scottish National ... who became party leader. She contested the seat of Dundee West in the 2003 election, where she narrowly lost to the Labour incumbent Kate Maclean. References External links * 1952 births Living people People from Angus, Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament Electoral Region)
North East Scotland is one of the eight Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions, electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions, constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional member (Scottish Parliament), additional-member Member of the Scottish Parliament, Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 17 MSPs. The North East Scotland region shares boundaries with the Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region), Highlands and Islands and Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region), Mid Scotland and Fife regions. Constituencies and local government areas Since 2011 As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. 1999–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Scottish Parliament Election
The 2003 Scottish Parliament election was the second election of members to the Scottish Parliament. It was held on 1 May 2003 and it brought no change in terms of control of the Scottish Government, Scottish Executive. Jack McConnell, the Scottish Labour, Labour Party Member of the Scottish Parliament, MSP, remained in office as First Minister of Scotland, First Minister for a second term and the Executive continued as a Labour and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Liberal Democrat coalition government, coalition. As of 2023, it remains the last Scottish Parliament election victory for the Scottish Labour Party, and the last time the Scottish National Party lost a Holyrood election. The results also showed rises in support for smaller parties, including the Scottish Greens, Scottish Green Party and the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and declines in support for the Labour Party and the Scottish National Party (SNP). The Scottish Conservatives, Conservative and Unionist Party and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Scottish Parliament 1999–2003
This is a list of Member of the Scottish Parliament, members (MSPs) returned to the first Scottish Parliament at the 1999 Scottish Parliament election. Of the 129 members, 73 were elected from first past the post Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions, constituencies with a further 56 members being returned from eight Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions, regions, each electing seven MSPs as a form of mixed member proportional representation . The 1999 election produced a hung parliament, with the Labour Party (UK), Labour MSPs forming the largest minority. Consequently, they formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats to form the first Scottish Government, Scottish Executive. Composition Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (•) Graphical representation These are graphical representations of the Scottish Parliament showing a comparison of party strengths as it was directly after the 1999 election and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish National Party MSPs
This is a list of Scottish National Party MSPs. It includes all members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who represented the Scottish National Party in the Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament ( ; ) is the Devolution in the United Kingdom, devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. It is located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh, Holyrood area of Edinburgh, and is frequently referred to by the metonym 'Holyrood'. .... List of MSPs Notes References External links Current and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) on the Scottish Parliament website Scottish National Party {{Lists of Members of the Scottish Parliament SNP *List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Angus, Scotland
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1952 Births
Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, South Africa, Dominion of Pakistan, Pakistan and Dominion of Ceylon, Ceylon. The princess, who is on a visit to Kenya when she hears of the death of her father, King George VI, aged 56, takes the regnal name Elizabeth II. ** In the United States, a Artificial heart, mechanical heart is used for the first time in a human patient. *February 7 – New York City announces its first crosswalk devices to be installed. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 1952 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics are held in Oslo, Norway. * February 15 – The State Funeral of King Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Maclean
Kate Maclean (born 16 February 1958, Dundee) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Dundee West constituency from 1999 to 2007. Kate was educated at Craigie High School, Dundee and became a councillor in 1988. Prior to her election she had been leader of the Dundee City Council from 1992. Kate was also vice-president of Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) between 1996 and 1999. Although selected by Labour as a candidate for the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, Kate announced in June 2006 that she would instead not seek re-election. The Dundee West seat was taken by Joe FitzPatrick of the Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party (SNP; ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic party. The party holds 61 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, and holds 9 out of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, ... at the 2007 election. References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party, often referred to as Labour, is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. The party has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. It is one of the Two-party system, two dominant political parties in the United Kingdom; the other being the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Labour has been led by Keir Starmer since 2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2020, who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. To date, there have been 12 Labour governments and seven different Labour Prime Ministers – Ramsay MacDonald, MacDonald, Clement Attlee, Attlee, Harold Wilson, Wilson, James Callaghan, Callaghan, Tony Blair, Blair, Gordon Brown, Brown and Starmer. The Labour Party was founded in 1900, having e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundee West (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
Dundee West was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, Dundee West was redrawn and renamed Dundee City West Electoral region The other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region included: Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Gordon and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine The region covers the Aberdeenshire council area, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the Angus council area, a small part of the Moray council area and a small part of the Perth and Kinross coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus, Scotland
Angus (; ) is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland, local government council areas of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City (council area), Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agriculture and fishing. Global pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline, GSK has a significant presence in Montrose, Angus, Montrose in the east of the county. Angus was historically a Provinces of Scotland, province, and later a sheriffdom and Shires of Scotland, county (called Forfarshire or the County of Forfar until 1928), bordering Kincardineshire to the north-east, Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire to the north and Perthshire to the west; southwards it faced Fife across the Firth of Tay. The county included Dundee until 1894, when it was made a county of city, county of a city. The pre-1894 boundaries of Angus continue to be used as a registration county. Between 1975 and 1996 Angus was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Swinney
John Ramsay Swinney (born 13 April 1964) is a Scottish politician who has served as First Minister of Scotland, first minister of Scotland since 2024. Swinney has served as Leader of the Scottish National Party, leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) on two occasions, since 2024 and between 2000 and 2004. He has held various roles within the Scottish Cabinet from 2007 to 2023 under First Ministers Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon. Swinney was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North Tayside (Scottish Parliament constituency), North Tayside from 1999 to 2011 and, following boundary changes, has been MSP for Perthshire North since 2011. He was Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tayside (UK Parliament constituency), Tayside North from 1997 to 2001. Born in Edinburgh, Swinney graduated with a Master of Arts (Scotland), MA in politics at the University of Edinburgh. He joined the SNP at a young age, and quickly rose to prominence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
