# Mary Mulligan

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For the American politician, see [Mary Jane Mulligan](/source/Mary_Jane_Mulligan).

Scottish politician (born 1960)

Mary Mulligan Official portrait, 1999 Member of the Scottish Parliament for Linlithgow In office 9 May 1999 – 22 March 2011 Preceded by new constituency Succeeded by Fiona Hyslop Majority 1,150 (3.9%) Personal details Born (1960-02-12) 12 February 1960 (age 66) Liverpool, England Party Scottish Labour Party Spouse John Mulligan Website www.marymulliganmsp.org.uk

**Mary Mulligan** (born 12 February 1960, [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool)) is a [Scottish Labour Party](/source/Scottish_Labour_Party) politician, and formerly [Member of the Scottish Parliament](/source/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament) (MSP) for [Linlithgow](/source/Linlithgow_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)) constituency from 1999 to 2011. She lost her seat to the [Scottish National Party](/source/Scottish_National_Party)'s [Fiona Hyslop](/source/Fiona_Hyslop) in the [2011 Scottish Parliament election](/source/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election).

She was appointed Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care upon [Jack McConnell](/source/Jack_McConnell) becoming [First Minister](/source/First_Minister_of_Scotland) in 2001. After the reshuffle following the [2003 election](/source/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election) she became Deputy Minister for Communities. She resigned from this position in October 2004 in order to concentrate on preventing St John's Hospital in [Livingston](/source/Livingston%2C_Scotland) being downgraded.[1] This hospital served many of her constituents. Nevertheless, services were cut from the hospital as planned.

Mulligan was Labour's Shadow Minister for Housing and Communities. She was a member of the Scottish Parliament Local Government and Communities Committee.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Chisholm switched to communities"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3712508.stm). [BBC News](/source/BBC_News). 4 October 2004. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

## External links

- Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: [Mary Mulligan](https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/mary-mulligan)

- [Mary Mulligan MSP](https://web.archive.org/web/20111007142222/http://www.marymulliganmsp.org.uk/) Official Website

- [Mary Mulligan](https://web.archive.org/web/20110506142834/http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/mary-mulligan) profile at the site of Scottish Labour

Scottish Parliament New parliament Scotland Act 1998 Member of the Scottish Parliament for Linlithgow 1999–2011 Succeeded by Fiona Hyslop Political offices New office Deputy Minister for Communities 2003–2004 Succeeded by Johann Lamont Preceded by Malcolm Chisholm Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care 2001–2003 Succeeded by Tom McCabe

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

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