Angela Constance

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Angela Constance MSP
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Livingston
Incumbent
Assumed office  03 May 2007
Preceded by	Bristow Muldoon
Majority	870 (2.6%)
Born	March 5, 1970 (1970-15-05) (age 37) Blackburn, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party

Angela Constance (born July 15, 1970) is a Scottish National Party politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Livingston since 2007.

She was born in Blackburn, West Lothian, and raised in Addiewell and West Calder. While studying at the University of Glasgow she was elected President of Glasgow University Students' Representative Council. (Where, incidentally, her sabbatical vice president was Alasdair Allan, now SNP MSP for the Western Isles.)

Before her election to Holyrood, Constance worked as a social worker and was a councillor for West Lothian Council where she was the SNP spokesperson for children services and lifelong learning. She also stood for the SNP in the Livingston by-election, 2005.

After her election to Holyrood, Constance announced she was expecting her first child in October 2007. This has led to speculation that the opposition may exploit the SNP's loss of Constance's vote if she is absent on maternity leave. Such concerns were unfounded and no votes were lost during this period, with Angela Constance quickly resuming normal duties.

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• SNP bio of Angela Constance
• West Lothian Council's entry for Cllr Angela Constance
• Angela Constance MSP

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Bristow Muldoon	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Livingston 2007 – present	Incumbent

v • d • e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Lothians region Elected in the 2007 election Labour (5 seats), SNP (5 seats), Conservative (2 seats), Lib Dems, (2 seats), Greens (1 seat), Independent (1 seat) Constituency MSPs Sarah Boyack (Lab, Edinburgh Central) • Kenny MacAskill (SNP, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) • Malcolm Chisholm (Lab, Edinburgh North and Leith) • David McLetchie (Con, Edinburgh Pentlands) • Mike Pringle (Lib Dem, Edinburgh South) • Margaret Smith (Lib Dem, Edinburgh West) • Mary Mulligan (Lab, Linlithgow) • Angela Constance (SNP, Livingston) • Rhona Brankin (Lab, Midlothian) Additional Members Gavin Brown (Con) • George Foulkes (Lab) • Robin Harper (Green) • Fiona Hyslop (SNP) • Margo MacDonald (Ind) • Ian McKee (SNP) • Shirley-Anne Somerville (SNP)

v • d • e Scottish National Party MSPs Elected in the 2007 election Brian Adam · Bashir Ahmad · Alasdair Allan · Keith Brown · Aileen Campbell · Willie Coffey · Angela Constance · Bruce Crawford · Roseanna Cunningham · Nigel Don · Bob Doris  · Fergus Ewing · Linda Fabiani · Joe Fitzpatrick · Kenneth Gibson · Rob Gibson · Christine Grahame · Chris Harvie · Jamie Hepburn · Fiona Hyslop · Adam Ingram · Bill Kidd · Richard Lochhead · Kenny MacAskill · Tricia Marwick · Jim Mather · Michael Matheson · Stewart Maxwell · Ian McKee · Christina McKelvie · Stuart McMillan · Alasdair Morgan · Alex Neil  · Gil Paterson · Shona Robison · Michael Russell · Alex Salmond · Shirley-Anne Somerville · Stewart Stevenson · Nicola Sturgeon · John Swinney · David Thompson · Maureen Watt · Andrew Welsh · Sandra White · Bill Wilson · John Wilson