Collette Stevenson | |
|---|---|
 Affirming in 2021 | |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Kilbride | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Linda Fabiani |
| Majority | 8,672 (14.1%)[1] |
| Councillor, South Lanarkshire Council | |
| In office 5 May 2017 – 4 May 2022 | |
| Constituency | East Kilbride Central South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Collette McDade 1969 (age 53–54)[2] East Kilbride, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater | University of the West of Scotland |
| Occupation | Administrator |
Collette Stevenson (née McDade, born 1969) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for East Kilbride since May 2021.[1]
She served as a local councillor for South Lanarkshire's East Kilbride Central South ward from 2017 and was depute provost at the time of her election as an MSP;[3][4] she stood down as a councillor ahead of the 2022 local elections.
Stevenson was raised in East Kilbride, 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.[5]
References
- ^ a b Constituencies A-Z | East Kilbride, BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021
- ^ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
- ^ East Kilbride councillor calls for litter crackdown in The Murray and Westwood Square, Daily Record, 9 March 2018
- ^ McCall, Chris (8 May 2021). "Scotland's new MSPs: Meet the new boys and girls off to Holyrood for first time". Daily Record. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ Stevenson, Collette (26 September 2020). "Why I'd welcome following in the footsteps of SNP figure at Holyrood 2021". The National. Herald and Times Group. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
External links
- Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: Collette Stevenson
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