Cathie Craigie

{{Short description|Scottish politician (born 1954)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use British English|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Cathie Craigie | honorific_suffix = | image = Cathy Craigie.jpg | caption = Craigie in 2009 | office = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]]<br />for [[Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Cumbernauld and Kilsyth]] | term_start = 6 May 1999 | term_end = 22 March 2011 | predecessor = ''Constituency established'' | successor = [[Jamie Hepburn]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|04|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Stirling, Scotland|Stirling]], [[Scotland]] | death_date = | death_place = | birth_name = | party = [[Scottish Labour Party|Scottish Labour]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Cathie Craigie''' (born 14 April 1954) is a former [[Scottish Labour]] politician who served as [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) for the [[Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Cumbernauld and Kilsyth]] constituency from [[1999 Scottish Parliament election|1999]] to [[2011 Scottish Parliament election|2011]].

==Early life and career==

Craigie was born in [[Stirling, Scotland|Stirling]] on 14 April 1954.<ref>{{cite web |title=Craigie, Cathie |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-12224/version/3 |website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO |accessdate=7 August 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U12224 }}</ref> She was a district councillor of [[Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (district)|Cumbernauld and Kilsyth]] from 1984 to 1994 and district leader from 1994 to 1996. She served as a [[North Lanarkshire]] councillor between 1996 and 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=Labour losers at the Scottish election |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13302981 |website=BBC News |accessdate=7 August 2020 |date=6 May 2011}}</ref>

==Parliamentary career==

Craigie was first elected to the [[Scottish Parliament]] at the [[1999 Scottish Parliament election|1999 election]].<ref name="parliament_scot">{{cite web |title=Cathie Craigie |url=https://www.parliament.scot/msps/30164.aspx |website=www.parliament.scot |accessdate=7 August 2020 |date=25 July 2011}}</ref> She was re-elected to represent the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in [[2003 Scottish Parliament election|2003]] with a majority of 520 votes<ref>{{cite web |title=Scottish elections: the key seats |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/mar/29/scotland.devolution |website=The Guardian|accessdate=7 August 2020 |language=en |date=29 March 2007}}</ref> and in [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007]] with an increased majority of 2,079.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} Election 2007 {{!}} Scottish Parliament {{!}} Election Result: Cumbernauld & Kilsyth |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2007/scottish_parliment/html/172.stm |website=news.bbc.co.uk |access-date=7 August 2020}}</ref> However, at the [[2011 Scottish Parliament election|2011 election]], she lost her seat to [[Jamie Hepburn]] of the [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP) by 3,459 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election results 2011: Scottish parliament results in full |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/05/scotland-election-results-2011 |website=The Guardian|accessdate=7 August 2020 |language=en |date=5 May 2011}}</ref>

Craigie was a member of the Justice Committee and the Petitions Committee in the Scottish Parliament.<ref name="parliament_scot" /> She was the first woman to successfully steer a Member's Bill, The Mortgage Rights (Scotland) Act, which provides greater protection for those facing repossession, through the parliament. Craigie was also the convenor of the Cross-Party group on Deafness, and was in the process of steering a British Sign Language Bill through the Scottish Parliament before losing her seat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Curtainsfor Cathie |url=https://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/curtainsfor-cathie-2800512?amp |website=www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk |accessdate=7 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{SP-MSP}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825142148/http://www.cathiecraigie.co.uk/ Cathie Craigie MSP] Personal website *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090107105848/http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/cumbernauld_and_kilsyth Cathie Cragie MSP] Biography at Labour party website.

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