Patricia Ferguson
Minister for Parliamentary Business | |
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In office 27 November 2001 – 4 October 2004 | |
First Minister | Jack McConnell |
Preceded by | Tom McCabe |
Succeeded by | Margaret Curran |
Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament | |
In office 12 May 1999 – 27 November 2001 | |
Presiding Officer | David Steel |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Murray Tosh |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Maryhill (1999–2011) | |
In office 6 May 1999 – 23 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Bob Doris |
Member of Glasgow City Council for Drumchapel/Anniesland | |
Assumed office 5 May 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Patricia Josephine Ferguson 24 September 1958 Glasgow College of Technology (HNC ) |
Patricia Josephine Ferguson (born 24 September 1958) is a Scottish politician who served as
Early life and career
Ferguson was educated at Garnethill Convent Secondary School in Glasgow between 1970 and 1976, and at
Prior to entering the
Scottish Parliamentary career
She was first elected as an MSP in 1999 for the newly created Glasgow Maryhill constituency,[3] a seat she held until 2011 when Glasgow Maryhill was merged with other constituencies to form the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency. She won the 2011 Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn election but lost her seat in 2016[4] to SNP member Bob Doris.[5]
After being elected as MSP for Glasgow Maryhill in May 1999, she was Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 1999 until 2001 and as a member of several of the Parliament's Standards and Procedures Committees.[6]
She was first appointed to the
In 2006, her name was included on a variant of a
Post-Parliamentary career
In the 2022 Glasgow City Council election, Ferguson was one of four members (including Labour colleague Paul Carey) elected to represent the Drumchapel/Anniesland ward.[8]
Ferguson will stand as the Labour candidate for the new constituency of Glasgow West at the next general election.[9] She was first runner-up in Glasgow North West in 2019.[10]
Personal life
She is married to former Labour MSP Bill Butler.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Patricia Ferguson – Personal Information". www.parliament.scot. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Red Road flats: Glasgow city officials apologise for botched demolition". The Guardian. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Labour a trailblazer for gender equality". Glasgow Times. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Election 2016: Former Labour cabinet minister Patricia Ferguson loses seat to SNP". HeraldScotland. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn – Scottish Parliament constituency – Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Patricia Ferguson". www.parliament.scot. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "E-mail scam uses minister's name". BBC News. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Declaration of Results (Ward 14 Drumchapel/Anniesland)". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "About Patricia Ferguson". www.ferguson.scot. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Glasgow North West parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News.
External links
- Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: Patricia Ferguson
- Patricia Ferguson Personal website
- Patricia Ferguson Biography at Labour party website