Janis Hughes

Janis Hughes (born 1958 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Labour Party.

Hughes attended the Queen's Park School and the Glasgow School of Nursing. She then worked for 20 years in the health sector.

In the Scottish Parliament elections in 1999 Hughes was a candidate for the constituency of Glasgow Rutherglen and won the mandate with a clear lead over the SNP candidate. As a result, they moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament. In the 2003 parliamentary elections Hughes defended its mandate. At the 2007 parliamentary elections they no longer came on. As the successor to James Kelly ran for Glasgow Rutherglen and had also won the mandate.