Stephanie Callaghan
Stephanie Callaghan | |
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Uddingston and Bellshill | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Lyle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 April 1971[1][2] Hamilton, Scotland |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| Other political affiliations | Scottish Labour (until 2014) |
| Children | Three |
| Alma mater | University of Strathclyde |
Stephanie Callaghan (born 24 April[3] 1971) is a Scottish politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Uddingston and Bellshill since May 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she was a councillor for South Lanarkshire, representing the Hamilton North and East ward from 2016 to 2022.
Early life and career
[edit | edit source]Callaghan was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. She attended the University of Strathclyde. She worked as a manager for Holland and Barrett and took on trainees through Right Track, an organisation assisting young people find jobs and learn skills. She then went on to work for the organisation as a placement officer and then a project coordinator. In her roles, she helped early school leavers and long-term unemployed young people to find jobs.[4]
Political career
[edit | edit source]Early political years
[edit | edit source]While at university in the late 1980s, Callaghan joined the Scottish Labour Party when she was 18. She has campaigned against the Poll Tax and student loans. In the aftermath of the Yes Scotland campaign's defeat in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, she joined the Scottish National Party.[4]
Callaghan was elected to South Lanarkshire Council on 21 January 2016 in a by-election for the Hamilton North and East ward, following the death of Lynn Adams. She was re-elected in the following year's Scottish local elections.[5][6]
Scottish Parliament
[edit | edit source]On 8 May 2021, she was elected as Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Uddingston and Bellshill.[7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: Stephanie Callaghan
- Personal website
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Scottish National Party councillors
- Members of the Scottish Parliament 2021–2026
- Scottish National Party MSPs
- Female members of the Scottish Parliament
- Politicians from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
- Councillors in South Lanarkshire
- Women councillors in Scotland
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