Fiona O'Donnell
Fiona O'Donnell | |
|---|---|
 O'Donnell in 2010 | |
| Member of East Lothian Council for Preston, Seton and Gosford | |
| In office 4 May 2017 – 6 May 2022 | |
| Shadow Minister for the Natural Environment and Fisheries | |
| In office 7 October 2011 – 30 June 2012 | |
| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Jamie Reed |
| Succeeded by | Tom Harris |
| Member of Parliament for East Lothian | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Anne Moffat |
| Succeeded by | George Kerevan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fiona Kenny 27 January 1960 Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish Labour |
| Education | Lochaber High School |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
Fiona O'Donnell (née Kenny; born 27 January 1960) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lothian from 2010 to 2015.
She served as the Shadow Minister for the Natural Environment and Fisheries from 2011 to 2012, and was elected as a Member of East Lothian Council in 2017.
Early life
[edit]Born in Nanaimo, British Columbia but raised in Fort William, Scotland since the age of five,[1] O'Donnell was educated at Lochaber High School and the University of Glasgow.
Political career
[edit]At the 2010 general election, O'Donnell succeeded Anne Moffat, who was deselected by the constituency party in January,[2] as the MP for East Lothian with a majority of over 12,000.[3][4]
She briefly served on Ed Miliband's front bench as the Shadow Minister for the Natural Environment and Fisheries from October 2011 to June 2012.[3][5]
O'Donnell sat on various parliamentary select committees, including the International Development Committee, the Standards and Privileges Committee, the Committees on Arms Export Controls and the Scottish Affairs Select Committee.[3]
In the final week of the 2010-15 Parliament, she introduced a proposed Bill on improving tax transparency under the Ten Minute Rule.[6]
O'Donnell lost her seat at the 2015 general election with a swing of over 20% to the Scottish National Party candidate George Kerevan.
She contested the seat of Galloway and West Dumfries at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, but finished in third-place behind the Scottish Conservative and Scottish National Party candidates.
O'Donnell was selected as a Labour candidate for Preston, Seton and Gosford on East Lothian Council in November 2016, and won the seat at the May 2017 local elections.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com.
- ^ BBC, 6 April 2010, Labour selects East Lothian election candidate
- ^ a b c "Fiona O'Donnell". UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Fiona O'Donnell MP official website with biography". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Fiona O'Donnell | HuffPost". HuffPost. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Tax Transparency and International Development Bill 2014-15". Parliament UK. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Former county MP bidding to become an East Lothian councillor". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
External links
[edit]- Official website Archived 31 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- 1960 births
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- People educated at Lochaber High School
- Living people
- People from Fort William, Highland
- People from Nanaimo
- Scottish Labour MPs
- UK MPs 2010–2015
- 21st-century Scottish women politicians
- 21st-century Scottish politicians
- Scottish Labour councillors
- People from East Lothian
- Women councillors in Scotland