Clare Adamson

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Clare Adamson
FBCS MSP
Official portrait, 2016
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Motherwell and Wishaw
Assumed office
5 May 2016
Preceded byJohn Pentland
Majority6,223 (21.4%)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Central Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
5 May 2011 – 4 May 2016
Personal details
Born
Clare Anne Pickering

(1967-08-01) 1 August 1967 (age 56)
Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Political partyScottish National Party
SpouseJohn Adamson
Children4 (including 3 stepchildren)
Alma materGlasgow Caledonian University
WebsiteOfficial website

Clare Anne Adamson

née Pickering; born 1 August 1967) is a Scottish politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Motherwell and Wishaw since 2016. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she was previously an additional MSP for the Central Scotland region from 2011
to 2016.

A graduate of the

Convener of the Scottish Parliament's Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee.[2]

Early life and career

Clare Anne Pickering was born on 1 August 1967 in

BSc (with distinction).[4]

In 1984 Adamson joined the

Fellow of the British Computer Society.[4]

Adamson ran as a candidate for the SNP in various elections, but was unsuccessful. She ran for election to the North Lanarkshire Council in 2003 and contested Lanark & Hamilton East in the 2010 UK General Election. In the 2007 Scottish local elections, she was elected to the North Lanarkshire Council, representing her home town of the Wishaw ward. She stood down from the council in the 2012 election following her election to the Scottish Parliament.[6]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Official parliamentary portrait, 2011

In the

Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop.[7]

Adamson has continued to be actively involved with the Scottish Accident Prevention Council, as

Vice Chairperson, and the Lanarkshire International Children's Games Organising Committee.[8]

Adamson ran again as candidate for the

Convener of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee since 2021.[2]

Personal life

Adamson married John Adamson, a headteacher, in 2002. They both have one son, with her husband also having his own three children. She has a dog called Coco and enjoys reading and listening to music.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Wishaw – News, views, gossip, pictures, video – Daily Record". Wishawpress.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Session 6 Constitution Europe External Affairs and Culture Committee". parliament.scot. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ Who's who (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2017.
  4. ^ a b c StreetMotherwell, The Dalziel Building7 Scott; Scotl (5 September 2018). "Clare Adamson". Scottish National Party. Retrieved 27 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Indeed. "Clare Adamson".
  6. ^ "Democracy Live | Your representatives | Clare Adamson". BBC News. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Democracy Live | Your representatives | Clare Adamson". 24 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Default Parallels Plesk Panel Page". Sapc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  9. ^ Amery, Rachel (12 May 2021). "New Holyrood MSPs to take oaths in Scots, Gaelic, English, Urdu and Zimbabwean Shona". Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals Ltd. DC Thomson Media. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

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