| Address: |
- Constituency Office: 3 Drum Brae Avenue, Edinburgh EH12 8TE
- Parliament:
The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
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| Telephone: |
- Constituency Office: 0131 317 7298
- Parliament:
0131 348 5786
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| Email: |
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| Fax: |
- Constituency Office: 0131 317 7306
- Parliament: 0131 348 5965
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| Date of Birth: |
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| Family: |
- Entered Civil Partnership, 31st March 2006. 1 son, 1 daughter,
3 step sons. Margaret has lived locally since the age of two
and lives in the constituency with her family.
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| Education: |
- Broughton High School, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh
University, MA in Arts, graduated 1983
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| Career History: |
- Constituency organiser Edinburgh West Lib Dems,
1996-1997
- Scottish officer United Nations Association, 1990-1996
- Executive
officer Land Register, Registers of Scotland, 1984-1987
- Pensions
documentation Guardian Royal Exchange, 1983-1984
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| Political Career: |
- Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh West, 1999-
- Scottish Lib Dems Justice Spokesperson 2007-
- Chief Whip for the Scottish Liberal Democrats, 2005-07
- Member of Waverley Bill Committee 2003-06
- Vice-Convener,
Equal Opportunities Committee, 2003-05
- Parliamentary Spokesperson
on Local Government and Transport, 2004-05
- Parliamentary Spokesperson
on Justice, 2003-04
- Convener, Health and Community Care Committee,
1999-2003
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| Parliament Committees: |
- Justice Committee
- substitute member of the Subordinate Legislation Committee
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| Cross-Party Groups: |
- Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Cancer
- Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Men’s Violence
against Women and Children
- Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Survivors of
Childhood Sexual Abuse
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| Other Interests: |
- Reading, travelling and golf
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