Sandra White(born 17 August 1951) is a retiredScottish National Party(SNP) politician. She was aMember of the Scottish Parliament(MSP) for theGlasgowelectoral region from1999until2011,and then the MSP for theGlasgow Kelvinconstituency from 2011 until she stood down from the Scottish Parliament at theMay 2021election.
Sandra White | |
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| Deputy Convener of thePublic Petitions Committee | |
| In office 14 June 2011 – 25 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | John Farquhar Munro |
| Succeeded by | David Torrance |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament forGlasgow Kelvin | |
| In office 5 May 2011 – 25 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Pauline McNeill |
| Succeeded by | Kaukab Stewart |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament forGlasgow (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) | |
| In office 6 May 1999 – 5 May 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sandra Harley 17 August 1951 Glasgow,Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
Political career
editWhite served as an SNP councillor inRenfrewshire.She contestedGlasgow Kelvinin 1999, where she came second to theLabour Partycandidate by 4,408 votes, but was elected to the Scottish Parliament on the Glasgow regional list. She served as an SNP parliamentary group whip in the first parliamentary session. Contesting Glasgow Kelvin in2003,she came second to Labour by a smaller margin of 3,289 votes.[1]She was re-elected on the regional list, topping the SNP's list of candidates for the Glasgow region, and was given her party's Deputy Social Justice portfolio.
White's campaigns included against closures and downgrading theRoyal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhilland the Queen Mother's Hospital.[2][3][4]She has also campaigned against racism[5]and for improved treatment ofasylum seekers,including joining an occupation against dawn raids.[6]Her other campaigns included the successful attempts to save the7:84theatre group from threatened loss of funding by theScottish Arts Council[7]and involvement inStop the War Coalitionevents,[8]while high-profile constituency work has included the August 2006 case of an 86-year-old widow who was threatened with court byGlasgow Housing Association.[9]
White was re-elected on the regional list in 2007 and, in the 2011 election, she again contested the Glasgow Kelvin seat, this time defeating the sitting Labour MSPPauline McNeillby 882 votes. She sat as deputy convener of the Public Petitions Committee and Equal Opportunities Committee.
In November 2015 Whiteretweetedanantisemiticcartoon showing piglets suckling a large pig with the word “Rothschild” written on it and showing a bank with aStar of David.[10]The tweet had originally been sent by aTwitteruser who had repeatedly posted antisemitic messages and images.[10]AfterThe Jewish Chroniclebrought the tweet to the attention of the SNP, the party's spokesperson said the tweet had been re-tweeted in error, and had since been deleted.[10]
In August 2020, White announced that she would not be standing for re-election atthe upcoming Holyrood election.[11]
Personal life
editWhite was born on 17 August 1951 to Elizabeth Rodgers and Henry Harley. She married David White in 1971, and has two sons and one daughter. Her interests outside politics are walking, reading and gardening.[12]
References
edit- ^"Scottishpolitics".Archived fromthe originalon 25 September 2006.Retrieved2 September2006.
- ^"Health chiefs to come under fire over plans for hospital closure".The Scotsman.Edinburgh. 20 January 2004. Archived fromthe originalon 19 May 2005.Retrieved2 September2006.
- ^"Board expected to close maternity hospital".The Scotsman.Edinburgh. 20 April 2004. Archived fromthe originalon 9 September 2006.Retrieved2 September2006.
- ^"Baby hospital closure confirmed".BBC News.20 April 2004.Retrieved2 September2006.
- ^"Westminster 'hampers' racism plan".BBC News.10 February 2005.Retrieved2 September2006.
- ^"Protesters in 'asylum raid' demo".BBC News.2 November 2005.Retrieved2 September2006.
- ^"7:84 group fears 'elitist' arts council will cut cash".Sunday Herald.2 September 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 22 March 2006.Retrieved2 September2006.
- ^"Scots protests at Israeli action".BBC News.22 July 2006.Retrieved2 September2006.
- ^"MSP seeks law change after OAP's 'nonsense' court case".Evening Times.Glasgow. 2 September 2006.Retrieved2 September2006.[dead link]
- ^abcDysch, Marcus (9 November 2015)."SNP politician apologises for 'offence caused' by antisemitic tweet".The Jewish Chronicle.London.Retrieved9 November2015.
- ^"SNP MSP Sandra White to quit Holyrood at next election".BBC News.27 August 2020.Retrieved28 August2020.
- ^Who's who(Online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2017.
External links
edit- Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs:Sandra White
- SNP website
- theyworkforyou