Pam Duncan-Glancy

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Pam Duncan-Glancy
MSP
Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP.jpg
Official portrait, 2021
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Glasgow
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 May 2021

Pam Duncan-Glancy (born 2 November 1981) [1] is a Scottish Labour politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region since May 2021. [2] She is the first permanent wheelchair user elected to the Scottish Parliament. [3]

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Early life and career

Duncan-Glancy has a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Health Psychology from the University of Stirling, and a Postgraduate certificate in Citizenship and Human Rights from Glasgow Caledonian University. [4] She sat on the Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy [5] and on the Commission on Parliamentary Reform. [6] Prior to her election, she worked in public health communications for NHS Health Scotland. [4]

Political career

Duncan-Glancy contested Glasgow North for the general elections in 2017 and 2019, but came second to Patrick Grady, the incumbent SNP MP. She received a 34.5% share of the vote in 2017 and a 31.4% share in 2019. [7]

On 1 March 2021, despite not being a parliamentarian at the time, she became Scottish Labour's spokesperson for Social Security in the Scottish Parliament. [8] [9]

After being a Labour member for approximately twenty years, Duncan-Glancy became a Member of Scottish Parliament (MSP) in 2021. Duncan-Glancy stood in Glasgow Kelvin in 2021 and came third to SNP candidate Kaukab Stewart, but was elected on the Glasgow regional list on 8 May 2021. [10] She was selected for the seat following the previous candidate's deselection for comments suggesting she "respected the right" for Scotland to have another independence referendum. Eleven members of the Kelvin Labour executive committee resigned in protest and refused to campaign for Duncan-Glancy. [11]

During the election count, Duncan-Glancy received significant coverage as she highlighted the issues disabled candidates face when she was denied access to the Glasgow vote count due to the venue's lack of accessibility. [9] [12]

Duncan-Glancy backed the UK Government’s decision to introduce means-testing for the Winter Fuel Payment, voting in the Scottish Parliament against calls to reverse the decision. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Adam, Karen [@KarenAdamMSP] (2 November 2021). "Today at EHRCJ committee we unanimously supported the statement of reasons to progress the Transitions bill onto the next stage.
    It was presented to us by @GlasgowPam on her 40th birthday non the less! Happy Birthday Pam! An emotional and celebratory day at committee"     (Tweet). Retrieved 1 June 2022– via Twitter.
  2. ↑ McKenzie, Lewis (7 May 2021). "Disabled candidate 'shown lack of respect' at election count". STV News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Paciaroni, Sara (8 May 2021). "First wheelchair user elected to Scottish Parliament in historic win". The National . Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Pam's Story". Pick Pam. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Who We Are". Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "About Us". Commission on Parliamentary Reform. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Glasgow North parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Anas Sarwar reshuffles Scottish Labour frontbench". Holyrood Website. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  9. 1 2 Wade, Mike (10 May 2021). "Pam Duncan-Glancy: I have strong views and I think I'll be a good MSP" . The Times . Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  10. ↑ Rodgers, Sienna (5 May 2021). "On the campaign trail with Labour's Glasgow candidate Pam Duncan-Glancy". LabourList. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "11 executive CLP members resign after Scottish Labour bans candidate from standing". 21 March 2021.
  12. ↑ Brown, Hannah; Marlboroughdate, Conor (7 May 2021). "Election count managers 'did not believe' wheelchair user was Labour candidate". The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "How every MSP voted as Holyrood rejected the UK's Winter Fuel Payment cut". The National. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
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