# Marilyn Livingstone > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marilyn_Livingstone > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marilyn_Livingstone.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Livingstone > Source revision: 1347237504 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Scottish politician (born 1952) Marilyn Livingstone Member of the Scottish Parliament for Kirkcaldy In office 6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011 Preceded by new constituency Succeeded by David Torrance Personal details Born (1952-09-30) 30 September 1952 (age 73) Party Labour Co-operative **Marilyn Livingstone** (born 30 September 1952) is a [Scottish](/source/Scotland) [Labour Co-operative](/source/Labour_Co-operative) politician, who served as the [Member of the Scottish Parliament](/source/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament) (MSP) for [Kirkcaldy](/source/Kirkcaldy_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)) constituency from 1999 to 2011. Before her election in [1999](/source/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election) she was the head of the Business School at [Fife College](/source/Fife_College).[1] She was also a councillor on [Kirkcaldy District Council](/source/Kirkcaldy) and [Fife Council](/source/Fife_Council). She won re-election from the Kirkcaldy constituency in the [2003](/source/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election) and [2007 elections](/source/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election), In the [2011 election](/source/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election) she was unsuccessful, losing to the [Scottish National Party](/source/Scottish_National_Party)'s David Torrance by 182 votes.[2] ## Electoral history 2011 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy Party Candidate Votes % ±% SNP David Torrance 12,579 45.2 +11.9 Labour Marilyn Livingstone 12,397 44.6 −0.5 Conservative Ian McFarlane 2,007 7.2 −1.3 Liberal Democrats John Mainland 820 2.9 −10.1 Majority 182 0.7 Turnout 27,803 46.0 SNP gain from Labour Swing +6.2 2007 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Marilyn Livingstone 10,627 43.9 −2.8 SNP Chris Harvie 8,005 33.1 +8.4 Liberal Democrats Alice Soper 3,361 13.9 +2.9 Conservative David Potts 2,202 9.1 −1.5 Majority 2,622 10.8 Turnout 24,195 47.7 Labour hold Swing -5.6% 2003 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Marilyn Livingstone 10,235 46.7 −1.5 SNP Colin Welsh 5,411 24.7 −7.7 Liberal Democrats Alex Cole-Hamilton 2,417 11.0 +1.8 Conservative Mike Scott-Hayward 2,332 10.6 +0.4 Scottish Socialist Rudi Vogels 1,544 7.0 +7.0 Majority 4,824 22.0 N/A Turnout 21,939 44.2 Labour hold Swing -4.6% 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Kirkcaldy Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Marilyn Livingstone 13,645 48.14 N/A SNP Stewart Hosie 9,170 32.35 N/A Conservative Mike Scott-Hayward 2,907 10.26 N/A Liberal Democrats John Mainland 2,620 9.24 N/A Majority 4,475 15.79 N/A Turnout 28,342 Labour hold Swing N/A ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Academe supplies nine MSPs"](https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academe-supplies-nine-msps/146308.article). *[Times Higher Education](/source/Times_Higher_Education)*. 14 May 1999. Retrieved 7 May 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Scottish election: SNP changes Edinburgh political map"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-13308036). BBC News. 6 May 2011. ## External links - Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: [Marilyn Livingstone](https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/marilyn-livingstone) Scottish Parliament New parliament Scotland Act 1998 Member of the Scottish Parliament for Kirkcaldy 1999–2011 Succeeded by David Torrance 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 This article about a member of the Scottish Parliament is a stub. 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