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Find sources: "Mary Fee" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Mary Fee Official portrait, 2011 Member of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) In office 5 May 2011 – 5 May 2021 Scottish Labour portfolios 2014–2015 Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities 2015–2016 Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Reform 2016–2017 Shadow Minister for Equalities Personal details Born Mary Christina Fee (1954-03-23) 23 March 1954 (age 72) Edinburgh, Scotland Party Scottish Labour **Mary Christina Fee** (born 23 March 1954) is a Scottish politician who was a [Member of the Scottish Parliament](/source/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament) (MSP) for the [West Scotland](/source/West_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)) region from [2011](/source/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election) to [2021](/source/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election). A member of the [Scottish Labour Party](/source/Scottish_Labour_Party), she was its deputy spokesperson for a number of portfolios from 2017 to 2019. ## Early life and career Fee was born in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh) on 23 March 1954. She was educated first at [Leith Walk Primary](/source/Leith_Walk_Primary_School) and later at [Broughton Secondary](/source/Broughton_High_School%2C_Edinburgh), both in Edinburgh.[1] After leaving education, she entered employment with the [Bank of Scotland](/source/Bank_of_Scotland) where she stayed for two years (1972–1974). She then left the company to work for [British Telecom](/source/British_Telecom), where she remained for over ten years (1974–1984).[1] Having married in 1977, Fee transferred within British Telecom to their [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow) offices. In 1990, Fee began working for [Tesco](/source/Tesco) in their [Renfrew](/source/Renfrew) store. She became involved in the trade union, [Usdaw](/source/Usdaw),[2] of which she is still a member, and became a [shop steward](/source/Shop_steward) in 1990. Mary was elected onto the Usdaw Executive in 2000 and later became a member of the [STUC](/source/Scottish_Trades_Union_Congress) General Council. Fee served as a member of the [Employment Tribunals](/source/Employment_tribunal) during this time as resigned from the Tribunals as of February 2011. ## Political career Fee was elected to [Renfrewshire Council](/source/Renfrewshire_Council) in the [2007 Scottish local elections](/source/2007_Scottish_local_elections), having been elected on first preference votes in the first round to the Renfrew South and [Gallowhill](/source/Gallowhill) Ward of Renfrewshire council. For the [2011 Scottish Parliament election](/source/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election), [Labour](/source/Scottish_Labour_Party) had placed Fee as the candidate at the top of their West Scotland list and she was elected on 5 May. She stepped down as a councillor for the Renfrew South and Gallowhill Ward at the 2012 Scottish Local elections. During the fourth [Scottish Parliament](/source/Scottish_Parliament), Fee had various spokesperson posts for Scottish Labour. Under the leadership of [Johann Lamont](/source/Johann_Lamont), Fee was Scottish Labour's Shadow Housing Minister; then under [Jim Murphy](/source/Jim_Murphy), Fee was promoted to the position of, Spokesperson for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities before later taking on the position of Spokesperson for Reform, after [Kezia Dugdale](/source/Kezia_Dugdale) was elected as the party's new leader in August 2015. In September 2015, Fee's amendment to the [Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill](/source/Criminal_Justice_(Scotland)_Bill) was passed after receiving cross-party support. The amendment aimed to increase support to children with a parent in prison through the introduction of Child and Family Impact Assessments when an adult with dependent children is sent to prison. Among Fee's other notable parliament work was the important role she played in campaigning for the passage of the [Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014](/source/Marriage_and_Civil_Partnership_(Scotland)_Act_2014) which legalised [same-sex marriage in Scotland](/source/Same-sex_marriage_in_Scotland). At the [2016 Scottish Parliament election](/source/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election), Fee stood for the [Renfrewshire North and West](/source/Renfrewshire_North_and_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)) constituency where she was placed third, although she was again returned to the Scottish Parliament on Labour's West of Scotland list. During the fifth Parliament, Fee is a member of the Equal Opportunities Committee and the [Justice Committee](/source/Justice_Committee) in the Scottish Parliament. She is also a substitute member of the [Public Petitions Committee](/source/Public_Petitions_Committee).[3] Fee established the Cross-Party Group on Families Affected by Imprisonment and was the Convener for this group.[4] Fee nominated [Anas Sarwar](/source/Anas_Sarwar) in the [2021 Scottish Labour leadership election](/source/2021_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election).[5] ## Personal life Fee lives in [Renfrewshire](/source/Renfrewshire) with her husband, Brian, with whom she has two sons. She suffers from [lupus](/source/Lupus).[6] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Fee_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Fee_1-1) ["Mary Fee"](https://www.parliament.scot/msps/currentmsps/98918.aspx). *www.parliament.scot*. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Who is in Scottish Labour's frontbench team?"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-34003058). *BBC News*. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-bio_3-0)** [The Scottish Parliament – Current Members – Mary Fee](http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/currentmsps/Mary-Fee-MSP.aspx) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Session 4 Cross Party Groups: Families Affected by Imprisonment"](http://www.parliament.scot/msps/97769.aspx). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 29 August 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Scottish Leadership Election 2021 – Nominations"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230416234857/https://scottishlabour.org.uk/people/2021-leadership-election/nominations/). *Scottish Labour*. Archived from [the original](http://scottishlabour.org.uk/people/2021-leadership-election/nominations/) on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Rennie, Alison (18 May 2012). ["Mary Fee MSP speaks to Paisley Daily Express about living with lupus"](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/mary-fee-msp-speaks-paisley-2552802). *Daily Record*. Retrieved 26 January 2021. ## External links - Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: [Mary Fee](https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/mary-fee) 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 [Mary Fee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fee) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fee?action=history)). 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