Margaret Jamieson (born 1953 in

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

) is a retired

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. She was the

Member of the Scottish Parliament Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP; gd, Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, BPA; sco, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament, MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. Electoral system The ad ...

(MSP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency from

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. In 2007 she lost her seat to

Willie Coffey William Lynch Coffey (born 24 May 1958) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley since 2011, and previously Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 2007 to 2011 ...

of the

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(SNP). Prior to 1999 she had worked as a

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official.

External links

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Margaret Jamieson MSP
profile at the site of Scottish Labour
Constituency website
1953 births Living people Labour MSPs Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003 Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007 20th-century Scottish women politicians Female members of the Scottish Parliament People from Kilmarnock {{MSP-stub