Cathie Craigie

Cathie Craigie (born April 14 1954, Stirling) is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency since 1999. She was re-elected in 2003 with a majority of 520 votes.

Educated at Kilysth Academy, she was council leader of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth from 1994 to 1996. She is a member of various committees at the Scottish Parliament, sitting on the Communities Committee and the Procedures Committee, as well as acting as a substitute member of the Justice 2 Committee. She was the first woman to successfully steer a Member's Bill, The Mortgage Rights (Scotland) Act, which provides greater protection for those facing repossession, through the parliament. Craigie is also the convenor of the Cross-Party group on Deafness, and is particularly interested in issues about health, housing and social justice.

Craigie was re-elected to represent the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election with an increased majority of 2,079.

External links

• Cathie Craigie MSP Official Scottish parliament page
• Cathie Cragie MSP Biography at Labour party website.

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Central Scotland region

Elected in the 2007 election Labour (8 seats), SNP (7 seats), Conservative (1 seat), Lib Dems (1 seat) Constituency MSPs Karen Whitefield (Lab, Airdrie and Shotts) • Elaine Smith (Lab, Coatbridge and Chryston) • Cathie Craigie (Lab, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) • Andy Kerr (Lab, East Kilbride) • Cathy Peattie (Lab, Falkirk East) • Michael Matheson (SNP, Falkirk West) • Michael McMahon (Lab, Hamilton North and Bellshill) • Tom McCabe (Lab, Hamilton South) • Willie Coffey (SNP, Kilmarnock and Loudoun) •Jack McConnell (Lab, Motherwell and Wishaw) Additional Members Linda Fabiani (SNP) • Jamie Hepburn (SNP) • Christina McKelvie (SNP) • Margaret Mitchell (Con) • Alex Neil (SNP) • Hugh O'Donnell (Lib Dem) • John Wilson (SNP)

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