Claudia Beamish

Claudia Hamilton Beamish ( born August 9, 1952 in London) is a Scottish politician of English descent and a member of the Labour Party.

Life

Beamish grew up in southeast England. She studied History and French at London University and then earned her certification in elementary education from the University of Oxford. In the late 1980s she settled in Scotland near Kilmarnock on. Beamish is a mother of two and lives with her ​​partner in Pettinain. She is the daughter of the Conservative Life Peer and member of the House of Lords Tufton Beamish, Baron Chelwood.

Political career

Beamish was the top candidate of the Labour Party in the electoral region of South of Scotland at the Scottish Parliament elections in 1999, 2003 and 2007. Since the Labour Party but received no list seats as a result of the election results, Beamish each missed a place in the Scottish Parliament. In the parliamentary elections of 2011, the Labour Party was finally able to send two list candidates and Beamish moved in with her ​​party colleague Graeme Pearson for the first time in the Scottish Parliament. In the shadow cabinet of the Labour Party, it is provided as Secretary of State for Environment and Climate Change.