First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Name Fiona McLeod Preceded by David Whitton Role Scottish Politician | Majority 1,802 Party Scottish National Party Preceded by new parliament | |
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Preceded by Aileen Campbell
(on maternity leave) Born 3 December 1957 (age 66)
Glasgow ( 1957-12-03 ) Political party Scottish National Party Education University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde Similar People Aileen Campbell, William Sharp, William Wolfe | ||
Fiona mcleod snp female activists
Fiona Grace McLeod (born 3 December 1957) is a Scottish politician. She is a former Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) who served two sessions, first representing the West of Scotland region 1999−2003, then the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency 2011−16. She served as acting Minister for Children and Young People December 2014−August 2015.
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- Fiona mcleod snp female activists
- Fiona mcleod at snp conference
- Background
- Scottish Parliament
- Personal life
- References
Fiona mcleod at snp conference
Background
She was born on 3 December 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland. She studied History at University of Glasgow, before gaining a Postgraduate Diploma in Librarianship at University of Strathclyde. She worked as a librarian at Glasgow North College of Nursing and the Marie Curie Huntershill Hospice. She was appointed to Ofcom's Scottish Advisory Committee from 2004 to 2006, and was a founding member of Westerton Junior Youth Club.
Scottish Parliament
In the 1999 election she stood as a constituency candidate in Strathkelvin and Bearsden, where she was runner-up to Labour candidate Sam Galbraith. However her number four position on the SNP West of Scotland list was enough to take her to Holyrood. She served as Deputy Party Spokesperson on the Environment.
Galbraith resigned his seat in 2001 but McLeod did not stand in the subsequent by-election as this would have meant resigning her seat. However she did contest the seat in the 2003 election but finished fourth, behind Jean Turner (an independent), Brian Fitzpatrick (who had won the by-election) and Jo Swinson (who would later become MP for part of the seat). She also only placed 7th on the SNP list for West of Scotland and so also lost her top-up place in parliament.
In the Scottish Parliament general election 2011 she won the constituency of Strathkelvin and Bearsden following the SNP landslide victory, defeating David Whitton on a swing of 7.7%.
She served as acting Minister for Children and Young People, from 18 December 2014 until 31 August 2015, during Aileen Campbell MSP's maternity leave. This was the first time that a Minister of the Scottish Government had taken maternity leave.
In November 2016 she was announced as a member of the Commission on Parliamentary Reform, having been nominated to represent the SNP.
Personal life
McLeod is married with one son.