Pauline McNeill
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Pauline McNeill MSP |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Kelvin |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | new constituency |
| Succeeded by | Sandra White |
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| Born | 12 September 1962 |
| Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Joseph Cahill |
| Alma mater | Glasgow College of Building and Printing |
| Occupation | Trade unionist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Pauline Mary McNeill (born 12 September 1962) is a Labour politician and a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow regional list since 2016, having previously represented the Glasgow Kelvin constituency from 1999 to 2011. In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election she stood but was not elected, however she returned to Parliament at the following election in 2016.
She was educated at Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld, before training as a graphic illustrator at Glasgow College of Building and Printing. She was President of the National Union of Students Scotland from 1986 to 1988 and was subsequently an organiser for the trades-union, GMB Scotland, representing NHS workers, hospitality and factory staff amongst many others.
An active member of the Labour Party since her time in the student movement, McNeill was also an executive committee member of the Campaign for a Scottish Assembly and a committed campaigner for devolution throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
McNeill is married to Joseph Cahill, an advocate, who is a former police officer and Deputy Procurator Fiscal.
During her first term as the MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, she graduated from Strathclyde Law School, after a period combining legislating and night school. In 2007 she narrowly retained the Glasgow Kelvin seat with a reduced majority in the face of fierce public opposition to the national Labour Government's invasion of Iraq, a policy which she opposed.
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