Jayne Baxter (born 5 November 1955) is a
Scottish Labour Party
Scottish Labour ( gd, Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Labour Pairty; officially the Scottish Labour Party) is a social democratic political party in Scotland. It is an autonomous section of the UK Labour Party. From their peak o ...
politician. She was a
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP; gd, Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, BPA; sco, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament, MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.
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(MSP) for the
Mid Scotland and Fife region from 2012 to 2016. She succeeded
John Park when he resigned his list seat to take up a position with the
Community trades union.
A lifelong resident of Fife, she graduated from
Edinburgh Napier University in 1995. She currently serves as constituency agent for Mid Scotland and Fife MSP
Alex Rowley
Alexander Andrew Penman Rowley (born 30 November 1963) is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2015 to 2017 and acting leader of the party from August to November 2017. He has been a Member of the ...
.
Baxter was Labour's second candidate on the
Scotland constituency list in the
2019 European Parliament election
The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peopl ...
.
References
External links
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Jayne Baxter profile at Scottish Labour website
1955 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Fife
Alumni of Edinburgh Napier University
Councillors in Fife
Scottish Labour councillors
Labour MSPs
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2011–2016
Female members of the Scottish Parliament
Women councillors in Scotland
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