Anne McTaggart
Anne Margaret McTaggart (born 30 January 1970) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, and a Glasgow City Council, Glasgow city councillor. She was previously a Scottish Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region), the Glasgow region from 2011 to 2016. Background Anne McTaggart was a Community Development worker and chair of the local school Blairdardie Primary's Parent-Teacher Association, parents council, before being elected to Glasgow City Council in a by-election in 2009.As the old guard departs, has the time come for Glasgow's reformer?
The Guardian, 31 May 2009

Political career

McTaggart was a member of the Glasgow Labour Women's Forum and the Co- ...
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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 additional member system produces a form of proportional representation, where each constituency has its own representative, and each region has seats given to political parties to reflect as closely as possible its level of support among voters. Each registered voter is asked to cast 2 votes, resulting in MSPs being elected in one of two ways: * 73 are elected as First past the post constituency MSPs and; * 56 are elected as Regional additional member MSPs. Seven are elected from each of eight regional groups of constituencies. Types of candidates With the additional members system, there are 3 ways in which a person can stand to be a MSP: * a constituency candidate * a candidate named on a party list at the regional election * an individua ...
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