| Carolyn Leckie | |
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| In office 2003 – 2007 |
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| Constituency | Central Scotland |
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| Political party | Scottish Socialist Party |
| Spouse | none (divorced) |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Residence | East Kilbride |
Carolyn Leckie is a Scottish Socialist Party politician and former member of the Scottish Parliament for central Scotland. Member of the Scottish Parliament ( MSP) ( Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ( BPA) in Gaelic) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998 and is still active today East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998 and is still active today The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: Scottish Pairlament) is the devlolved national unicameral She is also a member of the executive committee of the Scottish Socialist Party. This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998 and is still active today
Carolyn Leckie is from East Kilbride. East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. Before she was elected to the parliament in 2003 she was a midwife and a local union leader who represented thousands of hospital workers. Midwifery is a Health care profession where providers give Prenatal care to expecting Mothers attend the birth of the Infant She is a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies). The Industrial Workers of the World ( IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio, USA
She lost her seat in the Scottish parliament election, 2007. The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament
Campaigning
Just before election to Holyrood, she led several victorious strikes against low pay - the most recent involving 300 ancillary workers against the French multinational, Sodexho. Sodexo ( Sodexho Alliance prior to 23 January 2008) is a French Multinational corporation and one of the largest Food services and Facilities management As an MSP she was a strong supporter of the Nursery Nurses campaigning for higher pay. In 2003, Nursery nurses employed by local authorities in Scotland began a rolling programme of strike action in response to councils' refusals to countenance their demands On 20 May 2004, after attempting to raise a point of order about the strike at a time that the Presiding Officer determined was inappropriate, she was told to leave the chamber. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [1].
She has since been active within the parliament campaigning for an end to the cuts and closures in hospital services across Scotland.
On 20 January 2005 she was jailed for seven days for non-payment of a fine, arising from a protest outside Faslane nuclear base. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Along with HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth, Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB Clyde is one of the Royal Navy 's three operational bases She faced the possibility of being removed from the register of midwives by her professional body, but the disciplinary action has since been dropped. In January 2007 she was arrested but not charged for taking part in an anti-nuclear demonstration at Faslane as part of the Faslane 365 campaign. Faslane Peace Camp is a permanent Peace camp sited alongside Faslane Naval base in Argyll and Bute, Scotland ( Google Maps link
Other information
She was co-chair of the SSP for several years. She stood down at its annual conference in March 2006, stating that it was time to hand the post over to a lay member of the party, but she was easily elected as an ordinary member of its executive committee.
She was one of several members who gave evidence in the Sheridan v News International defamation action. Sheridan v News International (Thomas Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd During the trial Tommy Sheridan's counsel alleged that Alan McCombes and Carolyn Leckie were lovers and "had wanted to take over at the top". Tommy Sheridan (born 7 March 1964 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Socialist Politician. Alan McCombes (born 1955 is a leading member of the Scottish Socialist Party and the former editor of the Scottish Socialist Voice. [2]
References
- ^ Defiant MSP ordered from chamber
- ^ "Sheridan 'owned up back in 2002 that he had gone to swingers' club'" The Scotsman 8 July 2006
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