Jackie Baillie

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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 Committee and Public Petitions Committee, 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.

She was also recent winner of Edinburh universities' "Stupidest Politician Award", narrowly beating Labour compatriot (and deputy leader) Cathy Jamieson.

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Constituency Created	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumbarton 1999 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Office Created	Minister for Social Justice 2000–2001	Succeeded by Iain Gray
Preceded by Office Created	Deputy Minister for Communities 1999-2000	Succeeded by Office Abolished

[edit] External links

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

Jackie Baillie
v • d • e 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) v • d • e Scottish Labour MSPs Elected in the 2007 election Wendy Alexander · Jackie Baillie · Claire Baker · Richard Baker · Sarah Boyack · Rhona Brankin · Bill Butler · Malcolm Chisholm · Cathie Craigie · Margaret Curran · Helen Eadie · Patricia Ferguson · George Foulkes · Karen Gillon · Marlyn Glen · Trish Godman · Charlie Gordon · Rhoda Grant · Iain Gray · Hugh Henry · Cathy Jamieson · James Kelly · Andy Kerr · Johann Lamont · Marilyn Livingstone · Lewis Macdonald · Ken Macintosh · Paul Martin · Frank McAveety · Tom McCabe · Jack McConnell · Michael McMahon · Duncan McNeil · Pauline McNeill · Des McNulty · Mary Mulligan · Elaine Murray · Irene Oldfather · John Park · Peter Peacock · Cathy Peattie · Richard Simpson · Elaine Smith · David Stewart · Karen Whitefield · David Whitton