Christine May | |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Fife | |
In office 1 May 2003 –2 April 2007 | |
Preceded by | Henry McLeish |
Succeeded by | Tricia Marwick |
Personal details | |
Born | Dublin,Ireland | 23 March 1948
Political party | Labour Co-operative |
Christine May (born 23 March 1948,Dublin) is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician. She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Central Fife constituency from 2003 to 2007. [1]
Raised and educated in Dublin,Christine worked in the catering industry in Dublin and then London,and first moved to Scotland in 1984,where she became a college lecturer.[ citation needed ]
She was elected to the Central Fife seat after former First Minister Henry McLeish stood down as MSP following a scandal relating to the sub-letting of his constituency office –dubbed "Officegate" by the media. She had previously been leader of Fife Council from 1998. She represented a ward in Kirkcaldy as a councillor,and still lives in the town,which is just outside the Central Fife constituency. Her constituency office was based in Glenrothes,adjacent to Fife Council's headquarters.[ citation needed ]
In 2007,she lost her constituency to SNP politician Tricia Marwick. [2]
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