| Sandra White MSP | |
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| Constituency | Glasgow |
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| Born | 17 August 1951 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Website | [1] |
Sandra White is an idiot (born on 17 August 1951 in Glasgow) is a Scottish politician. 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 Constituencies and council areas In terms of first past the post constituencies the region includes Election results 2007 Scottish Parliament election Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The Scottish National Party (SNP (Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba Scottis Naitional Pairtie is a Centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. She was elected to the Scottish Parliament as a Scottish National Party (SNP) candidate to represent Glasgow in 1999. The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: Scottish Pairlament) is the devlolved national unicameral The Scottish National Party (SNP (Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba Scottis Naitional Pairtie is a Centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish Constituencies and council areas In terms of first past the post constituencies the region includes Election results 2007 Scottish Parliament election The Scottish Parliament election 1999 was the first General election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on May 6, 1999. She also contested Glasgow Kelvin where she came second to the Labour Party candidate by 4,408 votes. Glasgow Kelvin is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the She was re-elected to sit in the parliament to represent Glasgow in 2003, topping the SNP's list of candidates for that region. The Scottish Parliament election 2003, was the second General election of the Scottish Parliament. Contesting Glasgow Kelvin that year she again came second to Labour, this time by the smaller margin of 3,289 votes. [1]. She was re-elected on the regional list in 2007.
She served as an SNP Parliamentary group whip in the first parliamentary session and currently sits on the parliament's Public Petitions Committee and Equal Opportunities Committee. She has forged a role as a crusading campaigner and working MSP while also holding her party's Deputy Social Justice portfolio. Her campaigns include against closures and downgrading (including a 1,600 signature petition) at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill and the Queen Mother's Hospital[2][3][4]. The Royal Hospital for Sick Children Yorkhill, Glasgow ( is a Hospital specialising in Pediatric healthcare She has also campaigned extensively against racism[5] and for better treatment of asylum seekers, including joining an occupation against so-called 'dawn raids'. According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race [6]
Her other campaigns have included the successful attempts to save the 7:84 theatre group from threatened loss of funding by the Scottish Arts Council [7] and involvement in Stop the War Coalition events[8], while high-profile constituency work has included the August 2006 case of an 86-year old widow who was threatened with court by Glasgow Housing Association. 784 is a Scottish Left-wing Agitprop theatre group The name comes from a statistic published in The Economist in 1966 that 7% The Scottish Arts Council ( Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Ealain na h-Alba) is a public body that distributes funding from the Scottish Executive Education The Stop the War Coalition (StWC (informally just Stop the War) is a United Kingdom Anti-war group set up on 21 September 2001 Glasgow Housing Association (GHA is a private not-for-profit company created by the Scottish Executive for the purpose of owning and managing Glasgow's [9]
She previously served as an SNP councillor in Renfrewshire and currently lives in the Merchant City. Renfrewshire ( Siorrachd Rinn Friù in Scottish Gaelic) is one of 32 Council areas of Scotland. The Merchant City is a district in the City centre of Glasgow, Scotland.
She generated some controversy when she referred to the Union Flag as the "butcher's apron".