# Margaret McCulloch > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Margaret_McCulloch > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Margaret_McCulloch.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_McCulloch > Source revision: 1350059384 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Scottish Labour politician For the American civil rights activist, see [Margaret C. McCulloch](/source/Margaret_C._McCulloch). Margaret McCulloch McCulloch in 2012 Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) In office 5 May 2011 – 24 March 2016 Personal details Born (1952-05-09) 9 May 1952 (age 74) Party Scottish Labour **Margaret McCulloch** (born 9 May 1952) is a [Scottish Labour Party](/source/Scottish_Labour) politician. She was a [Member of the Scottish Parliament](/source/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament) (MSP) for the [Central Scotland region](/source/Central_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)) 2011–2016. ## Background and personal life Born in the [Gorbals](/source/Gorbals), Margaret was raised and educated in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow). Prior to her election, she was an independent training consultant with her own business based in [East Kilbride](/source/East_Kilbride). She was also an External Verifier with the [Scottish Qualifications Authority](/source/Scottish_Qualifications_Authority). She worked at the [University of Strathclyde](/source/University_of_Strathclyde) for 17 years, where she was a training executive, responsible for recruiting all staff under the age of 21, Modern Apprenticeships and ensuring the viability of the university's Centre for Skills Enhancement.[1] She lives in [Stewartfield](/source/Stewartfield%2C_East_Kilbride) in East Kilbride with her husband Ian. ## Political life She was elected to the Scottish Parliament as a Labour member for the [Central Scotland](/source/Central_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)) region in May [2011](/source/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election).[2] Following this, she was a member of the Finance Committee, Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee, Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee and a substitute member of the Subordinate Legislation Committee. McCulloch was the Convenor of the Equal Opportunities Committee and a member of Delegate Power and Legal Reform Committee McCulloch was a member of the Cross Party Group on Construction and Convener of the Cross Party Group on Skills and the Cross Party Group on Towns and Town Centres, (established in February 2011) Convenor of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Condition. [3] From 2012 until 2014, she was Convener of the [Scottish Parliament Business Exchange](/source/Scottish_Parliament_Business_Exchange),[4] an independent educational charity which fosters understanding between Members of the Scottish Parliament and the business community. The economy, education and training, youth unemployment, procurement and hospitality and tourism are listed among her political interests. McCulloch is a former Conservative Party member and candidate, standing for the Conservatives in the Scottish Parliamentary constituency of [Cumbernauld and Kilsyth in 2003](/source/Cumbernauld_and_Kilsyth_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)) and in the [East Kilbride constituency](/source/East_Kilbride_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) at the 2001 Westminster General Election. In [2007](/source/2007_South_Lanarkshire_Council_election), she contested the East Kilbride West ward on South Lanarkshire Council as a Scottish Labour candidate. Since her election she has campaigned to raise the standard of hospital food at Hairmyres Hospital in [NHS Lanarkshire](/source/NHS_Lanarkshire),[5] represented staff and residents affected by the collapse of Southern Cross and supported the STV Appeal.[6] In 2012, Parliamentary Question submitted by McCulloch revealed that the number of NHS patients in Scotland waiting for over twelve hours in Accident and Emergency units had doubled.[7] Working with [First ScotRail](/source/First_ScotRail) she helped local communities participate in the Adopt a Station programme.[8] South Lanarkshire College have since adopted East Kilbride rail station, Crosshouse Primary School have adopted Hairmyres rail station, [Hamilton Grammar School](/source/Hamilton_Grammar_School) have adopted Hamilton Central rail station and patients and staff from NHS Lanarkshire's Beckford Lodge have adopted Hamilton West rail station. She was placed sixth on the Labour Central Scotland regional list in the [2016 Scottish Parliament election](/source/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election) and missed out on being re-elected.[9][10] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [MargaretMcCulloch.org – About Scottish Parliament Business Exchange Member Directory](http://www.margaretmcculloch.org/about.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130428013906/http://www.margaretmcculloch.org/about.php) 28 April 2013 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [BBC Democracylive Biography](http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/91229.stm.) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [The Scottish Parliament Profile of Margaret McCulloch](http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/currentmsps/Margaret-McCulloch-MSP.aspx) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Scottish Parliament Business Exchange – Member Directory](http://www.spbe.org.uk/member_directory.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120404001224/http://www.spbe.org.uk/member_directory.html) 4 April 2012 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [NHS bosses vow to change public perception of Hairmyres food – East Kilbride News](http://www.eastkilbridenews.co.uk/lanarkshire-news/local-news-lanarkshire/local-news-east-kilbride/2011/11/23/nhs-bosses-vow-to-change-public-perception-of-hairmyres-food-68653-29821561/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [New operators found for EK’s Southern Cross care homes – East Kilbride News](http://www.eastkilbridenews.co.uk/lanarkshire-news/local-news-lanarkshire/local-news-east-kilbride/2011/09/07/new-operators-found-for-ek-s-southern-cross-care-homes-68653-29372739/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [More patients waiting longer in A&Es – Herald Scotland](http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/more-patients-waiting-longer-in-a-es.18423421?_=076502c184b03456d4a858f61aa2709e06026af3) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [East Kilbride and Hairmyres train stations adopted by students – STV East Kilbride](http://local.stv.tv/east-kilbride/news/36246-east-kilbride-and-hairmyres-train-stations-adopted-by-students/) [Deprecated link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance) archived 6 July 2013 at [archive.today](/source/Archive.today) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Scottish Labour announce list candidates for May's election"](https://labourlist.org/2016/02/scottish-labour-announce-list-candidates-for-mays-election/). *LabourList*. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Central Scotland – Scottish Parliament electoral region – Election 2016"](https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/scotland-regions/S17000009). Retrieved 3 August 2019. ## External links - Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: [Margaret McCulloch](https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/margaret-mcculloch) v t e Former Labour Party MSPs By date first representing Scottish Labour in the Scottish Parliament 1999 Wendy Alexander Scott Barrie Sarah Boyack Rhona Brankin Bill Butler Malcolm Chisholm Cathie Craigie Margaret Curran Susan Deacon Donald Dewar Helen Eadie Patricia Ferguson Sam Galbraith Karen Gillon Trish Godman Rhoda Grant Iain Gray Hugh Henry John Home Robertson Janis Hughes Gordon Jackson Sylvia Jackson Cathy Jamieson Margaret Jamieson Andy Kerr Johann Lamont Marilyn Livingstone Jack McConnell Lewis Macdonald Angus MacKay Kate Maclean Ken Macintosh Maureen Macmillan Paul Martin John McAllion Frank McAveety Tom McCabe Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale Henry McLeish Michael McMahon Duncan McNeil Des McNulty Alasdair Morrison Bristow Muldoon Mary Mulligan Elaine Murray Irene Oldfather Peter Peacock Cathy Peattie Richard Simpson Elaine Smith Elaine Thomson Mike Watson Ian Welsh Karen Whitefield Allan Wilson 2001 Brian Fitzpatrick 2003 Richard Baker Marlyn Glen Christine May 2005 Charlie Gordon 2007 Baron Foulkes of Cumnock James Kelly John Park David Stewart David Whitton 2011 Claudia Beamish Kezia Dugdale Mary Fee Neil Findlay Hanzala Malik Jenny Marra Margaret McCulloch Margaret McDougall Siobhan McMahon Anne McTaggart Graeme Pearson John Pentland Drew Smith 2012 Jayne Baxter 2013 Cara Hilton 2014 Alex Rowley 2016 Lesley Brennan Monica Lennon Richard Leonard Colin Smyth 2021 Foysol Choudhury Pam Duncan-Glancy Paul O'Kane Mercedes Villalba Martin Whitfield 2025 Davy Russell --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Margaret McCulloch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_McCulloch) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_McCulloch?action=history)). 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