Aileen Campbell

Aileen Campbell MSP
Minister for Children and Young People
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 December 2011
First Minister	Alex Salmond
Preceded by	Angela Constance
Minister for Local Government and Planning
In office 25 May 2011 – 7 December 2011
First Minister	Alex Salmond
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Derek Mackay
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Clydesdale
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2011
Preceded by	Karen Gillon
Member of the Scottish Parliament for South of Scotland
In office 3 May 2007 – 5 May 2011
Personal details
Born	(1980-05-18) 18 May 1980 (age 31)
Political party	Scottish National Party
Spouse(s)	Graham White
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Glasgow

Aileen Campbell (born 18 May 1980) is the Scottish Government Minister for Children and Young People and is a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Clydesdale.

Campbell was first elected to the Scottish Parliament on 3 May 2007 as a list member for the South of Scotland. At 26 years and 351 days on her election, she was the youngest MSP elected to serve in Parliament in the 2007–2011 session, followed by her SNP colleague Jamie Hepburn in second place.

Early life

Campbell grew up on her parents' tenant farm in Perthshire before studying Politics and History at the University of Glasgow.

Campbell was national convener of the SNP youth wing, the Young Scots for Independence. Since graduating, Campbell has worked as editor of construction magazine Keystone and was editorial assistant on a short-lived pro-independence newspaper, the Scottish Standard.

Before her election to Parliament Campbell also worked for Nicola Sturgeon and as a researcher for Shona Robison and Stewart Hosie.

Aileen married Graham Fraser White in Collace Kirk in Perthshire, close to where Aileen grew up, on 15 August 2009.^[1]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

At the 2007 Scottish Parliament election she was the SNP candidate for Clydesdale where she finished second but was subsequently elected as an addition a member for the South of Scotland region due to Campbell being 5th on the SNP's regional list.

Campbell suffered a minor injury on 23 January 2008, receiving medical treatment at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary before returning to the parliament for a vote.^[2] The vote was won by 64 votes to 62.^[3]

In early 2009 Campbell launched the "Play it again" scheme with the Scottish Arts Council and others to encourage people across Scotland to donate their unwanted and unloved musical instruments to be passed on to children across the country to give them the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of music.

Aileen has been nominated for Real Radio's "Best New Scottish Politician 2009 Award"

Aileen was elected as MSP for Clydesdale on 5 May 2011 after receiving an 8.9% swing from Labour, giving her a majority of 4,216.

See also

• Government of the 3rd Scottish Parliament
• Government of the 4th Scottish Parliament

References

External links

• Scottish Parliament webpage
• Personal website
• Real Radio
• BBC Coverage of Play it again
• Herald Coverage of Play it again
• Daily Record Coverage of Play it Again
• Scotsman Coverage of Play it Again

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