Eleanor Thomson McLaughlin (born 3 March 1938) is a Scottish politician, and a former member of the Labour party.
Community charge
McLaughlin refused to pay her
Community Charge and was threatened with a
warrant sale
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on her home.
Lord Provost
Lord Provost of
Edinburgh
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,
Scotland
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, between 1988 and 1992.
She was only the third member of the
Labour Party ever to hold the office. She was also the first female Lord Provost and the first
Roman Catholic
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to hold the post since the
Reformation
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.
Devolution and independence
McLaughlin was against devolution, feeling that without "proper tax raising powers" government could not work.
She changed her mind, and said in 2014 that devolution had worked, and that the next step was independence.
See also
*
List of Lord Provosts of Edinburgh
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References
External links
30 years since Labour took Edinburgh, The Scotsman
1938 births
Living people
Lord Provosts of Edinburgh
Scottish Labour councillors
Women councillors in Scotland
Women provosts in Scotland
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