{{Short description|Scottish politician (1946–2022)}} {{for|the British canoer|Sylvia Jackson (canoeist)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Sylvia Jackson | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | constituency_MP = [[Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Stirling]] | parliament = Scottish | majority = | term_start = 6 May 1999 | term_end = 2 April 2007 | predecessor = [[Scotland Act 1998|''New Parliament'']] | successor = [[Bruce Crawford]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|12|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Lincolnshire]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|7|27|1946|12|3|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Winchester]], England | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = [[Scottish Labour Party]] | other_party = | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Sylvia Jackson''' (3 December 1946 – 27 July 2022) was a [[Scottish Labour|Scottish Labour Party]] politician, and former [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP).

In the [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|Scottish Parliament election on 3 May 2007]], she lost the Stirling constituency, which she had held since [[1999 Scottish Parliament election|1999]], to [[Bruce Crawford]] of the SNP.

Prior to her election she has worked as a lecturer at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and as a chemistry teacher.

Jackson died from cancer at a hospice in [[Winchester]], on 27 July 2022, at the age of 75.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marjoribanks |first1=Kaiya |title=Tributes paid following death of Stirling's first MSP, Sylvia Jackson, aged 76 |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/tributes-paid-following-death-stirlings-27644915 |access-date=15 October 2024 |publisher=The Daily Record |date=3 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jackson, Dr Sylvia |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-21677?rskey=3evj6t&result=1 |website=WHO WAS WHO 2024 |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|sct}} {{s-new|Parliament|reason=[[Scotland Act 1998]]}} {{s-ttl | title=[[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] for [[Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Stirling]] | years=[[1999 Scottish Parliament election|1999]]–[[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007]] }} {{s-aft | after=[[Bruce Crawford]] }} {{s-end}}

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