Collette Stevenson (née McDade, born 1969) is a

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(SNP) politician. She has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for

East Kilbride East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a raise ...

since

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BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021 She served as a local councillor for

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's East Kilbride Central South ward from

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and was depute provost at the time of her election as an MSP; she stood down as a councillor ahead of the

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. Stevenson was raised in

, where she lives with her family. A graduate in business from the University of the West of Scotland, she was employed in administrative roles at the local authority. She was a founding member of the East Kilbride branch of Women for Independence.

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Date of birth missing (living people) 1969 births Living people Scottish National Party MSPs Scottish National Party councillors Councillors in South Lanarkshire Members of the Scottish Parliament 2021–2026 Female members of the Scottish Parliament People from East Kilbride Alumni of the University of the West of Scotland Politicians from South Lanarkshire Women councillors in Scotland {{MSP-stub