Jackie Baillie

Jackie Baillie (born January 15, 1964, Hong Kong) is a Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Dumbarton constituency. Schooled in the English Lake District, she studied at Cumbernauld College, Strathclyde University and the University of Glasgow.

She was first elected at the inaugural election for the Scottish Parliament. She was re-elected in 2003. A member of the Scottish Parliament's "Justice 2" and "Public Petitions" Committees, she was previously a member of the Scottish Executive, serving as Minister for Social Justice when Henry McLeish was First Minister.

As a backbench MSP, her call for tolls to be scrapped on the Erskine Bridge (which connects her constituency to Renfrewshire) [1] in 2004, was eventually adopted by the Scottish Executive and the tolls were abolished in March 2006.

Trade Union Membership

• TGWU
• Unison

Personal

Born in Hong Kong to a Portuguese father and Scottish mother. She is married and has one daughter.

Education

She attended St Anne’s School, Windermere, and is currently studying at Glasgow University for an M.Sc in Local Economic Development.

External links

• Official biography
• Jackie Baillie MSP Biography at the Labour party website

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the West of Scotland region

Elected in the 2007 election Labour (8 seats), SNP (5 seats), Conservative (2 seats), Lib Dems (1 seats) Constituency MSPs Des McNulty (Lab, Clydebank and Milngavie) • Kenny Gibson (SNP, Cunninghame North) • Jackie Baillie (Lab, Dumbarton) • Kenneth Macintosh (Lab, Eastwood) • Duncan McNeil (Lab, Greenock and Inverclyde) • Wendy Alexander (Lab, Paisley North) • Hugh Henry (Lab, Paisley South) • David Whitton (Lab, Strathkelvin and Bearsden) • Trish Godman (Lab, West Renfrewshire) Additional Members Jackson Carlaw (Con) • Ross Finnie (Lib Dem) • Annabel Goldie (Con) • Stuart McMillan (SNP) • Stewart Maxwell (SNP) • Gil Paterson (SNP) • Bill Wilson (SNP)

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