Elaine Murray

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Dr Elaine Murray MSP

Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfriesshire Dumfries (1999-2011)
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 1999
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Majority	3,170 (9.9%)
Personal details
Born	(1954-12-22) 22 December 1954 Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Scottish Labour Party
Residence	Dumfries
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge
Occupation	Member of the Scottish Parliament

Dr Elaine Murray (born 22 December 1954, Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfriesshire (previously Dumfries) since 1999. At the 1999, 2003 and 2007 elections, Dr Murray increased her percentage share of the vote. She is currently Shadow Minister for the Environment in the Scottish Parliament.^[1]

Background

Murray was born in 1954 in Hertfordshire, where her Scottish parents lived at the time.^[2] She was brought up in Edinburgh and obtained an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Edinburgh University and a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Cambridge.

After graduating from Cambridge, Murray first worked in scientific research and was from 1990 to 1993 was an associate lecturer for the Open University.^[3] She also worked for Alex Smith, Member of the European Parliament.^[3] In 1994 Murray was elected as a Councillor on Strathclyde Regional Council and in 1995 to South Ayrshire Council, where she was Convenor of Educational Services.^[3]

Murray joined the Labour Party in 1983 and is a member of the Transport and General Workers Union. Murray lives in Dumfries and is married with three grownup children. Outside of politics Dr Murray enjoys reading, music, gardening, cooking and owning a horse.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Murray was elected as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfries Constituency following the first Scottish Parliamentary elections in May 1999.^[1] She was re-elected in May 2003 and then again in May 2007.

She was appointed Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport upon Jack McConnell becoming First Minister in 2001, a post she held until 2003.^[1] She has been a member of a number of Committees in the Scottish Parliament, including holding the post of Deputy Convenor of the Finance Committee between 2007 to 2008. Under Wendy Alexander's leadership Dr Murray was Enterprise Spokesman^[1] and upon election of Iain Gray as Leader of the Labour Group in the Scottish Parliament, she was appointed Shadow Minister for the Environment.^[1] She is currently a member of the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee as well as Convenor of the Cross Party Groups on Science and Technology and Civil Nuclear Energy. She is also Vice-Convenor of the Life Sciences and Animal Welfare Cross Party Groups.^[1]

Scottish Labour Deputy Leadership bid

In September 2011 she announced her candidacy for the deputy leadership of the Scottish Labour Party.^[4] She withdrew in early November after failing to gain enough nominations. She claimed she could have got the sufficient number of nominations but said it was clear the Deputy Leadership role would go to a Westminster MP.^[5]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Elaine Murray MSP". Democracy Live. BBC News. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
↑ "Elaine Murray". Scottish Labour. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Dr Elaine Murray, MSP". Debrett's. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
↑ "Elaine Murray to stand as Scottish Labour deputy leader". BBC News. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
↑ http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/labour-deputy-leader-bid-ends-1.1133231

External links

Personal website
Scottish Parliament Biography
Twitter page
Facebook profile
Youtube channel Contains videos of speeches etc.

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Constituency Created	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfries 1999–2011	Succeeded by Constituency Abolished
Preceded by Constituency Created	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfriesshire 2011–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Office Created	Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport 2001–2003	Succeeded by Office Abolished

v t e Scottish Labour Party deputy leadership election, 2011

Outgoing Deputy Leader: Johann Lamont

Winner	Anas Sarwar MP

Other nominees	Ian Davidson MP Lewis Macdonald MSP

Not nominated	Elaine Murray MSP

v t e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the South of Scotland region

Elected in the 2011 election

Constituency MSPs	John Scott (Con, Ayr) Adam Ingram (SNP, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) Aileen Campbell (SNP, Clydesdale) Elaine Murray (Lab, Dumfriesshire) Iain Gray (Lab, East Lothian) John Lamont (Con, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) Alex Fergusson (Con, Galloway and West Dumfries) Willie Coffey (SNP, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) Christine Grahame (SNP, Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale)

Additional members	Claudia Beamish (Lab} Chic Brodie (SNP) Jim Hume (Lib Dem) Joan McAlpine (SNP) Aileen McLeod (SNP) Graeme Pearson (Lab) Paul Wheelhouse (SNP)

SNP (8 seats), Labour (4 seats), Conservative (3 seats), Lib Dems (1 seats)

Scottish Labour Party

Headquarters: Transport House, 290 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4RE

Leaders

Donald Dewar (1999–2000)
Henry McLeish (2000–2001)
Jack McConnell (2001–2007)
Wendy Alexander (2007–2008)
Iain Gray (2008–2011)
Johann Lamont (2011–)

Deputy Leaders

Henry McLeish (1999–2000)
Cathy Jamieson (2000–2008)
Johann Lamont (2008–2011)
Anas Sarwar (2011–)

General Secretaries

Jack McConnell (1992–1998)
Alex Rowley (1998–1999)
Lesley Quinn (1999–2008)
Colin Smyth (2008–2013)
Ian Price (2013–)

MSP Group

Shadow cabinet	Johann Lamont (leader) Iain Gray (finance) Graeme Pearson (justice) Neil Findlay (health) Kezia Dugdale (education) James Kelly (infrastructure) Sarah Boyack (local government) Claire Baker (rural) Patricia Ferguson (culture) Drew Smith (constitution) Jackie Baillie (social justice) Paul Martin (parliamentary business and chief of staff) Lewis Macdonald (chief whip) Richard Baker (party policy review) Jenny Marra (youth employment and finance)

Deputy spokespersons	Claudia Beamish (environment/climate change) Neil Bibby (education) Mary Fee (housing) Rhoda Grant (wellbeing) Elaine Murray (community safety) Richard Simpson (public health)

Backbenchers	Jayne Baxter Malcolm Chisholm Hugh Henry Cara Hilton Mark Griffin Ken Macintosh Hanzala Malik Margaret McCulloch (deputy whip) Margaret McDougall Michael McMahon Siobhan McMahon Duncan McNeil Anne McTaggart John Pentland (deputy whip) Alex Rowley Elaine Smith David Stewart

MP Group

Shadow cabinet	Douglas Alexander Margaret Curran Jim Murphy

Shadow ministers	Gordon Banks Russell Brown Thomas Docherty Gemma Doyle Tom Greatrex Cathy Jamieson Gregg McClymont Ian Murray

Backbenchers	Willie Bain Anne Begg Gordon Brown Katy Clark Tom Clarke Michael Connarty Alistair Darling Ian Davidson Brian Donohoe Frank Doran Sheila Gilmore David Hamilton Tom Harris Jimmy Hood Eric Joyce Mark Lazarowicz Michael McCann James McGovern Anne McGuire Ann McKechin Iain McKenzie Graeme Morrice Pamela Nash Fiona O'Donnell Sandra Osborne John Robertson Frank Roy Lindsay Roy Anas Sarwar James Sheridan

MEP Group

Organisation

Scottish Executive Committee
Scottish Labour Conference
Scottish Policy Forum
Scottish Trade Union Labour Party Committee
Scottish Labour Students
Scottish Young Labour
Campaign for Socialism Group
Review of the Labour Party in Scotland
History

In Government

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Second

Persondata
Name	Murray, Elaine
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	22 December 1954
Place of birth	Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Date of death
Place of death

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