Mary Scanlon
Mary Scanlon ( born May 25, 1947 in Dundee) is a Scottish politician and member of the Conservative Party.
Scanlon attended Craigo Secondary School in Montrose and then went to the University of Dundee, where she graduated as a master in economics and politics, and with a degree in human resources management. Between 1983 and 1988 she worked as a lecturer in economics and management at Perth College and then moved to 1994 at the Dundee Institute of Technology. She was most recently until 1999 Lecturer at Inverness College, University of the Highlands and Islands.
Political career
For the first time Scanlon approached to national elections for the lower house elections in 1992. However, in her constituency North East Fife they only received the second highest number of votes and thus failed to reach the British House of Commons. In the 1997 General Election she then applied for the direct mandate of the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, but only received the fourth highest number of votes.
In the parliamentary elections of 1999 Scanlon candidate in the constituency of Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, but could unite only 14.6 % of the votes. As Scanlon was also on the Regional Evaluation of the Conservatives for the election Highlands and Islands, she moved as a result of the election result as one of seven regional candidates in the newly created Scottish Parliament a. In the parliamentary elections in 2003, they missed again the direct mandate of Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber significantly, but defended her seat in parliament for the Highlands and Islands.
On 21 March 2006, died the delegates of the constituency Moray, Margaret Ewing, which is why on 27 April 2006 by-elections were held in this constituency. To be able to run in this election, Scanlon gave back their mandate, which was acquired by the end of the legislative period of her party colleague David Petrie. In the by-election Scanlon only received the second highest number of votes. The direct mandate won by Richard Lochhead, the SNP. Once again, Scanlon competed in the 2007 parliamentary elections to the mandate of the constituency of Moray, but this clearly failed. By contrast, they won back their previously checked list mandate for the Highlands and Islands and moved back into the Parliament. In the parliamentary elections in 2011 she defended her mandate.
Scanlon is long-standing health policy spokesperson for the Conservative Party. In the shadow cabinet of the Conservatives is intended as Secretary of State for Health.