Helen Eadie
| Helen Eadie | |
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| Deputy Convener of the Scottish Parliament Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee |
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In office 14 June 2011 – 9 November 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Marilyn Livingstone |
| Succeeded by | Alex Rowley |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Cowdenbeath Dunfermline East (1999–2011) |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 9 November 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Alex Rowley |
| Majority | 1,247 (4.9%) |
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7 March 1947 Stenhousemuir, Scotland |
| Died | 9 November 2013 (aged 66) Dunfermline, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Helen Stirling Eadie (7 March 1947 – 9 November 2013) was a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician who sat in the Scottish Parliament from 1999 until her death, first for Dunfermline East and from 2011 for Cowdenbeath.
Helen was born in Stenhousemuir, near Falkirk. She attended Larbert Village School, Larbert High School and Falkirk Technical College before going on to read trade union studies at the London School of Economics.
She was a member of Fife Regional Council before being elected the Scottish Parliament in 1999.
At the 1997 general election she contexted the Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency as the Labour candidate. She finished in third place, but increased her party's share of the vote to 15% from 8.8% in 1992.
When Labour was in power in the Scottish Executive, Eadie called for an end to tolls on the Forth Road Bridge.
After the May 2003 Scottish parliament election, Eadie strongly opposed the then Labour-LibDem coalition's agreed deal to introduce the single transferable vote (STV) proportional system for future local council elections. She said it was an example of "the tail wagging the dog" and "It's about one of the smallest parties in the parliament wanting to use the power that they have to try to force through issues that they want to see steamrollered through."
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