{{Short description|Scottish politician (born 1952)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Marilyn Livingstone | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = 150px | caption = | constituency_MP = [[Kirkcaldy (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Kirkcaldy]] | parliament = Scottish | majority = | term_start = 6 May 1999 | term_end = 22 March 2011 | predecessor = ''new constituency'' | successor = [[David Torrance (politician)|David Torrance]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|09|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | birth_name = | party = [[Labour Co-operative]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Marilyn Livingstone''' (born 30 September 1952) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Labour Co-operative]] politician, who served as the [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) for [[Kirkcaldy (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Kirkcaldy]] constituency from 1999 to 2011.
Before her election in [[1999 Scottish Parliament election|1999]] she was the head of the Business School at [[Fife College]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academe-supplies-nine-msps/146308.article |title=Academe supplies nine MSPs |work=[[Times Higher Education]] |date=14 May 1999|accessdate=7 May 2016}}</ref> She was also a councillor on [[Kirkcaldy|Kirkcaldy District Council]] and [[Fife Council]]. She won re-election from the Kirkcaldy constituency in the [[2003 Scottish Parliament election|2003]] and [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007 elections]],
In the [[2011 Scottish Parliament election|2011 election]] she was unsuccessful, losing to the [[Scottish National Party]]'s David Torrance by 182 votes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-13308036 |title=Scottish election: SNP changes Edinburgh political map |publisher=BBC News |date=6 May 2011}}</ref>
== Electoral history==
{{Election box begin | title= [[2011 Scottish Parliament election]]: Kirkcaldy}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish National Party |candidate = [[David Torrance (politician)|David Torrance]] |votes = 12,579 |percentage = 45.2 |change = +11.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Labour Party |candidate = Marilyn Livingstone |votes = 12,397 |percentage = 44.6 |change = -0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |candidate = Ian McFarlane |votes = 2,007 |percentage = 7.2 |change = -1.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Liberal Democrats |candidate = John Mainland |votes = 820 |percentage = 2.9 |change = -10.1 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 182 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 27,803 |percentage = 46.0 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Scottish National Party |loser = Scottish Labour Party |swing = +6.2 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2007 Scottish Parliament election]]: Kirkcaldy}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Labour Party |candidate = Marilyn Livingstone |votes = 10,627 |percentage = 43.9 |change = -2.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish National Party |candidate = [[Chris Harvie]] |votes = 8,005 |percentage = 33.1 |change = +8.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Liberal Democrats |candidate = Alice Soper |votes = 3,361 |percentage = 13.9 |change = +2.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Conservative Party |candidate = David Potts |votes = 2,202 |percentage = 9.1 |change = -1.5 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 2,622 |percentage = 10.8 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 24,195 |percentage = 47.7 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Scottish Labour Party |loser = |swing = -5.6% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2003 Scottish Parliament election]]: Kirkcaldy}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Labour Party |candidate = Marilyn Livingstone |votes = 10,235 |percentage = 46.7 |change = -1.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish National Party |candidate = Colin Welsh |votes = 5,411 |percentage = 24.7 |change = -7.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Liberal Democrats |candidate = [[Alex Cole-Hamilton]] |votes = 2,417 |percentage = 11.0 |change = +1.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Conservative Party |candidate = Mike Scott-Hayward |votes = 2,332 |percentage = 10.6 |change = +0.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Socialist Party |candidate = Rudi Vogels |votes = 1,544 |percentage = 7.0 |change = +7.0 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 4,824 |percentage = 22.0 |change = N/A }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 21,939 |percentage = 44.2 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Scottish Labour Party |loser = |swing = -4.6% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Scottish Parliament election]]: Kirkcaldy}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Labour Party |candidate = Marilyn Livingstone |votes = 13,645 |percentage = 48.14 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish National Party |candidate = [[Stewart Hosie]] |votes = 9,170 |percentage = 32.35 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Conservative Party |candidate = Mike Scott-Hayward |votes = 2,907 |percentage = 10.26 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Liberal Democrats |candidate = John Mainland |votes = 2,620 |percentage = 9.24 |change = N/A }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 4,475 |percentage = 15.79 |change = N/A }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 28,342 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Scottish Labour Party |loser = |swing = N/A }} {{Election box end}}
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