Karen Whitefield [SEP] position held
Karen Whitefield
Karen Whitefield (born 8 January 1970, Bellshill) is a Scottish politician and former Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Airdrie and Shotts constituency.
Political career.
Prior to her election as MSP, she worked as a personal assistant to Rachel Squire MP.
Political career MSP for Airdrie and Shotts:1999–2011.
She was elected as MSP for Airdrie and Shotts at the 1999 Scottish Parliament general election. As an MSP she chaired the Parliament's Education Committee where she used her casting vote to reject the student
party figures" calling for the Labour Party to break its formal links with the trade union movement.
A re-selection was held on 8 December 2013. Karen Whitefield, who had not been involved in the controversy, was chosen as the prospective candidate for Falkirk.
At the general election of May 2015, Labour's share of the vote in the Falkirk constituency fell by 20.6%, with the Scottish National Party gaining the seat on a 24.1% swing, which was typical of the swing from Labour to the