Jayne Baxter

Jayne Baxter

Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 December 2012
Preceded by	John Park
Personal details
Political party	Scottish Labour Party

Jayne Baxter is a Scottish Labour Party politician and a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region. She succeeded John Park when he resigned his list seat to take up a position with the Community trades union.

A lifelong resident of Fife, she graduated from Edinburgh Napier University in 1995.^[1]

References

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Mid Scotland and Fife region

Elected in the 2011 election

Constituency MSPs	Keith Brown (SNP, Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) Alex Rowley (Lab, Cowdenbeath) Cara Hilton (Lab, Dunfermline) Tricia Marwick (PO, Fife Mid and Glenrothes) Roderick Campbell (SNP, Fife North East) David Torrance (SNP, Kirkcaldy) John Swinney (SNP, Perthshire North) Roseanna Cunningham (SNP, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) Bruce Crawford (SNP, Stirling)

Additional members	Claire Baker (Lab) Murdo Fraser (Con) Annabelle Ewing (SNP) John Park (Lab) Willie Rennie (Lib Dem) Richard Simpson (Lab) Elizabeth Smith (Con)

SNP (7 seats), Labour (5 seats), Conservative (2 seats), Lib Dems (1 seat); Presiding Officer (1 seat)

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

Donald Dewar (1999–2000)
Henry McLeish (2000–2001)
Jack McConnell (2001–2007)
Wendy Alexander (2007–2008)
Iain Gray (2008–2011)
Johann Lamont (2011–2014)
Jim Murphy (2014–)

Henry McLeish (1999–2000)
Cathy Jamieson (2000–2008)
Johann Lamont (2008–2011)
Anas Sarwar (2011–2014)
Kezia Dugdale (2014–)

General Secretaries

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

Shadow Cabinet	Jim Murphy (Leader) Kezia Dugdale (Deputy Leader) Jackie Baillie (Finance, Constitution and Economy) Hugh Henry (Justice) Mary Fee (Investment, Infrastructure and Cities) Neil Findlay (Fair Work, Skills and Trading) Iain Gray (Education and Lifelong Learning) Jenny Marra (Health, Wellbeing and Sport) Ken Macintosh (Social Justice and Communities) Sarah Boyack (Rural Affairs, Food and Environment) Claire Baker (Culture, Europe and External Affairs) James Kelly (Parliamentary Business) Neil Bibby (Chief Whip)

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

Backbenchers	Jayne Baxter Malcolm Chisholm Hugh Henry Cara Hilton 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

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

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 Mark Lazarowicz Michael McCann James McGovern Anne McGuire Ann McKechin Iain McKenzie Graeme Morrice Jim Murphy Pamela Nash Fiona O'Donnell Sandra Osborne John Robertson Frank Roy Lindsay Roy James Sheridan