Clare Haughey MSP |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Rutherglen |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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Preceded by | James Kelly |
Majority | 3,743 |
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Political party | Scottish National Party |
Website | clarehaughey |
Clare Haughey MSP is a Scottish politician who is a Scottish National Party (SNP) member of Scottish Parliament for Rutherglen, elected in the Scottish Parliament election, 2016.
Haughey trained as a mental health nurse and worked as a clinical nurse manager.
In September 2015 the SNP branch selected her as the candidate for Rutherglen constituency, ahead of the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. The constituency had been held by Labour until the election in May 2016 when Haughey was elected, defeating the incumbent James Kelly.