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Rona Mackay

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Rona Mackay
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Assumed office
6 May 2016
Preceded byFiona McLeod
Majority11,484
Personal details
Political partyScottish National Party
Websitewww.ronamackay.scot

Rona Mackay is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Strathkelvin and Bearsden since the Scottish Parliamentary elections in May 2016.

Background

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Prior to being elected, she worked as a journalist in national newspapers for more than 20 years.[1]

From 2010 to 2016 she sat on the Children's Panel for the East End of Glasgow.

In 2001 she was a co-ordinator of Chernobyl Children's Lifeline, a charity which brought children from Belarus who were affected by the nuclear disaster to Scotland to improve their health.

Political career

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Mackay worked as a Parliamentary Assistant to Gil Paterson, the former SNP MSP for Milngavie and Clydebank, before being elected in May 2016.[2] She was elected with a majority of 8,100 votes.[3] She was Deputy Convenor of the Justice Committee in Session 5, was on the Education Committee and convened a number of Cross Party Groups..

At the Scottish Parliamentary election in May 2021, Mackay was re-elected with a majority of 11,484 (3,384 increase from 2016).[4] In Session 6, she is a member of the Scottish Parliament's Criminal Justice Committee, a member of the Animal Welfare, Chronic Pain (Co-Convenor), Women’s Justice (Convenor), Fair Trade, Men's Violence Against Women and Children, Prevention and Healing of Adverse Childhood Experiences and is a Senior Party Whip.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "About". Rona Mackay MSP. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Rona Mackay". Scottish National Party. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Scottish Parliament election 2016 constituency result: Strathkelvin and Bearsden". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Help for high street a first priority says re-elected MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden Rona Mackay". www.glasgowworld.com. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden
2016–present
Incumbent