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Karen Whitefield (born 8 January 1970, Bellshill)[1] is a Scottish Labour politician[2], and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts constituency since 1999[3].
Prior to her election as MSP she worked as a personal assistant to Rachel Squire, Member of Parliament[4].
She currently presides over the Parliament's Education Committee where she used her casting vote to reject the student graduate endowment bill despite being a Scottish National Party (SNP) flagship policy. It had the backing of the Liberal Democrats and SNP members, however not the Labour or Conservative members of the committee[5] The bill was eventually passed through the Scottish Parliament[6] by a vote of 67 to 61[7].
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- ^ The Scottish Parliament - Current Members - Karen Whitefield
- ^ The Scottish Labour Party: Airdrie & Shotts
- ^ The Scottish Parliament - Current Members - Karen Whitefield
- ^ The Scottish Parliament - Current Members - Karen Whitefield
- ^ BBC NEWS | Scotland | MSPs reject graduate charge plan
- ^ http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/02-GraduateEndowAbolition/index.htm>
- ^ The Scottish Parliament - Official Report
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Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Central Scotland region  |
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Elected in the 2007 election
Labour (8 seats), SNP (7 seats), Conservative (1 seat), Lib Dems (1 seat)
Constituency MSPs
Karen Whitefield (Lab, Airdrie and Shotts) • Elaine Smith (Lab, Coatbridge and Chryston) • Cathie Craigie (Lab, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) • Andy Kerr (Lab, East Kilbride) • Cathy Peattie (Lab, Falkirk East) • Michael Matheson (SNP, Falkirk West) • Michael McMahon (Lab, Hamilton North and Bellshill) • Tom McCabe (Lab, Hamilton South) • Willie Coffey (SNP, Kilmarnock and Loudoun) •Jack McConnell (Lab, Motherwell and Wishaw)
Additional Members
Linda Fabiani (SNP) • Jamie Hepburn (SNP) • Christina McKelvie (SNP) • Margaret Mitchell (Con) • Alex Neil (SNP) • Hugh O'Donnell (Lib Dem) • John Wilson (SNP)
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