Collette Stevenson
Collette Stevenson (née McDade, born 1969) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for East Kilbride since May 2021.[1]
Collette Stevenson | |
|---|---|
 Affirming in 2021 | |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Kilbride | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Linda Fabiani |
| Majority | 8,672 (14.1%)[1] |
| Councillor, South Lanarkshire Council | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2017 | |
| Constituency | East Kilbride Central South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Collette McDade 1969 (age 52–53)[2] East Kilbride, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater | University of the West of Scotland |
| Occupation | Administrator |
She has served as a local councillor for South Lanarkshire's East Kilbride Central South ward since 2017 and was depute provost at the time of the 2021 election.[3][4] A graduate in business from the University of the West of Scotland, she was also employed in administrative roles at the local authority.
Stevenson was raised in East Kilbride, where she lives with her family. She was a founding member of the East Kilbride branch of Women for Independence.[5]
References
- Constituencies A-Z | East Kilbride, BBC News; retrieved 8 May 2021
- Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
- East Kilbride councillor calls for litter crackdown in The Murray and Westwood Square, Daily Record, 9 March 2018
- McCall, Chris (8 May 2021). "Scotland's new MSPs: Meet the new boys and girls off to Holyrood for first time". Daily Record. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- Stevenson, Collette (26 September 2020). "Why I'd welcome following in the footsteps of SNP figure at Holyrood 2021". The National. Herald and Times Group. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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