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Between 2011 and 2013, she was joint convenor of the party. [3]
Martha Wardrop is a Scottish Green politician. She is a Glasgow city councillor, first elected in the Hillhead ward in 2007 [1] and subsequently re-elected in 2012, 2017 and 2022. [2]
Between 2011 and 2013, she was joint convenor of the party. [3]
In 2015, she jointly won 'politician of the year' at RSPB's Nature of Scotland Awards. [4]
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