Sandra White (born 17 August 1951) is a retired

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(SNP) politician. She was a

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(MSP) for the Glasgow electoral region from

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until

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, and then the MSP for the Glasgow Kelvin constituency from 2011 until she stood down from the Scottish Parliament at the

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election.

Political career

White served as an SNP councillor in Renfrewshire. She contested Glasgow Kelvin in 1999, where she came second to the Labour Party candidate by 4,408 votes, but was elected to the Scottish Parliament on the Glasgow regional list. She served as an SNP parliamentary group whip in the first parliamentary session. Contesting Glasgow Kelvin in

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, she came second to Labour by a smaller margin of 3,289 votes. She was re-elected on the regional list, topping the SNP's list of candidates for the Glasgow region, and was given her party's Deputy Social Justice portfolio. White's campaigns included against closures and downgrading the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill and the Queen Mother's Hospital. She has also campaigned against racism and for improved treatment of

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, including joining an occupation against dawn raids. Her other campaigns included the successful attempts to save the 7:84 theatre group from threatened loss of funding by the Scottish Arts Council and involvement in Stop the War Coalition events, while high-profile constituency work has included the August 2006 case of an 86-year-old widow who was threatened with court by Glasgow Housing Association. White was re-elected on the regional list in 2007 and, in the 2011 election, she again contested the Glasgow Kelvin seat, this time defeating the sitting Labour MSP Pauline McNeill by 882 votes. She sat as deputy convener of the Public Petitions Committee and Equal Opportunities Committee. In November 2015 White

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. The tweet had originally been sent by a Twitter user who had repeatedly posted antisemitic messages and images. After '' The Jewish Chronicle'' brought the tweet to the attention of the SNP, the party's spokesperson said the tweet had been re-tweeted in error, and had since been deleted. In August 2020, White announced that she would not be standing for re-election at the upcoming Holyrood election.

Personal life

White was born on 17 August 1951 to Elizabeth Rodgers and Henry Harley. She married David White in 1971, and has two sons and one daughter. Her interests outside politics are walking, reading and gardening.

References

External links

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SNP website

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{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Sandra 1951 births Living people Scottish National Party MSPs Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003 Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007 Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011 Members of the Scottish Parliament 2011–2016 Members of the Scottish Parliament 2016–2021 Members of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow constituencies Female members of the Scottish Parliament 20th-century Scottish women politicians Politicians from Glasgow Scottish National Party councillors Councillors in Renfrewshire Scottish republicans Women councillors in Scotland