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| office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency)|Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock]]<br />{{nobold|[[Ayr (UK Parliament constituency)|Ayr]] (1997–2005)}} |
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| predecessor = [[Phil Gallie]] |
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| successor = [[Corri Wilson]] |
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| term_start = 1 May 1997 |
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| term_end = 30 March 2015 |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|02|23|df=yes}} |
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| birth_place = [[Paisley, Renfrewshire]], Scotland |
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| spouse = Alastair Osborne |
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'''Sandra Currie Osborne''' ('''née Clark''', born 23 February 1956) is a [[Scottish |
'''Sandra Currie Osborne''' ('''née Clark''', born 23 February 1956) is a [[Scottish Labour]] politician, who was the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency)|Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock]] from the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]] to [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general elections]]. She was first elected as MP for the [[Ayr (UK Parliament constituency)|Ayr]] constituency in 1997, and resigned from a government job in 2003 over the [[Iraq War]]. She was a member of the [[Foreign Affairs Select Committee]] from 2005 to 2010 and again from 2013. She was a member of the [[Defence Select Committee]] 2010-13 and was a member of the [[Council of Europe]].<ref name="Sandra Osborne MP official site">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandraosborne.co.uk|title=sandraosborne.co.uk|website=www.sandraosborne.co.uk|access-date=24 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701092228/http://www.sandraosborne.co.uk/|archive-date=1 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Before Parliament== |
==Before Parliament== |
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Osborne was born and brought up in the deprived [[Ferguslie Park]] district, in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]. She was educated at Camphill Secondary School in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]. She later attended evening classes before going on to [[Jordanhill College]] where she gained the Diploma in Community Education. After working as a community worker in [[Glasgow]] she moved to [[Ayrshire]], where she spent fourteen years working as a counsellor with [[Women's Aid]], based in [[Kilmarnock]]. During that time, she also studied part-time at [[ |
Osborne was born and brought up in the deprived [[Ferguslie Park]] district, in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]. She was educated at Camphill Secondary School in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]. She later attended evening classes before going on to [[Jordanhill College]] where she gained the Diploma in Community Education. After working as a community worker in [[Glasgow]] she moved to [[Ayrshire]], where she spent fourteen years working as a counsellor with [[Women's Aid]], based in [[Kilmarnock]]. During that time, she also studied part-time at the [[University of Strathclyde]] where she graduated with a Master of Science in Equality and Discrimination. In 1997, she was one of the shortlisted finalists in the Scottish Woman of the Year Awards (''[[Glasgow Evening Times]]'') <ref name="Sandra Osborne MP official site"/> nominated for her work with abused women. |
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==Political career== |
==Political career== |
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Osborne was the councillor for Whitletts on [[Kyle and Carrick]] District Council and [[South Ayrshire Council]] where she also served as Convener of Community Services (Housing and Social Work). She is a member of the [[trade union]] [[Unite the Union|Unite]] (formerly [[TGWU]]) and has been active in the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] since 1976, serving for a time as Ayr CLP Secretary. In 1983, she was a member of the Scottish contingent on the '''People's March for Jobs''' who walked from [[Glasgow]] to [[London]]. She was selected as a Labour candidate in Ayr from an [[all-women shortlists|all-women shortlist]]. In May 1997, she was elected as MP for the Ayr constituency, becoming Ayr's first-ever Labour MP and first ever female MP. She was re-elected at the [[United Kingdom general election |
Osborne was the councillor for Whitletts on [[Kyle and Carrick]] District Council and [[South Ayrshire Council]] where she also served as Convener of Community Services (Housing and Social Work). She is a member of the [[trade union]] [[Unite the Union|Unite]] (formerly [[TGWU]]) and has been active in the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] since 1976, serving for a time as Ayr CLP Secretary. In 1983, she was a member of the Scottish contingent on the '''People's March for Jobs''' who walked from [[Glasgow]] to [[London]]. She was selected as a Labour candidate in Ayr from an [[all-women shortlists|all-women shortlist]]. In May 1997, she was elected as MP for the Ayr constituency, becoming Ayr's first-ever Labour MP and first ever female MP. She was re-elected at the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 general election]].<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/labour-blow-as-allwomen-lists-outlawed-1323046.html "Labour blow as all-women lists outlawed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925090338/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/labour-blow-as-allwomen-lists-outlawed-1323046.html |date=25 September 2015 }}, ''The Independent'']</ref> |
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Osborne served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to [[Helen Liddell]], the [[Secretary of State for Scotland]], from June 2002 until she stepped down in March 2003 over her opposition to [[2003 Invasion of Iraq|going to war with Iraq]]. She believed this should not have gone ahead without a second [[United Nations|UN]] resolution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2859901.stm|title=Scots MP resigns over Iraq|date=19 March 2003|publisher=|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> She had previously served as PPS to [[George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock|George Foulkes]], Minister of State at the Scotland Office and to his predecessor in that post, [[Brian Wilson (Labour politician)|Brian Wilson]]. She has served as Chair of the Scottish Group of Labour MPs and member of the Scottish Executive of the Labour Party. She has served as Chair of the All Party Group on Meningitis. She was a member of the [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/158178/0042807.pdf Kerley Committee on the Renewal of Local Democracy], providing a minority report opposing proportional representation. |
Osborne served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to [[Helen Liddell]], the [[Secretary of State for Scotland]], from June 2002 until she stepped down in March 2003 over her opposition to [[2003 Invasion of Iraq|going to war with Iraq]]. She believed this should not have gone ahead without a second [[United Nations|UN]] resolution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2859901.stm|title=Scots MP resigns over Iraq|date=19 March 2003|publisher=|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=3 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030609215940/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2859901.stm|archive-date=9 June 2003|url-status=live}}</ref> She had previously served as PPS to [[George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock|George Foulkes]], Minister of State at the Scotland Office and to his predecessor in that post, [[Brian Wilson (Labour politician)|Brian Wilson]]. She has served as Chair of the Scottish Group of Labour MPs and member of the Scottish Executive of the Labour Party. She has served as Chair of the All Party Group on Meningitis. She was a member of the [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/158178/0042807.pdf Kerley Committee on the Renewal of Local Democracy], providing a minority report opposing proportional representation. |
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In June 2004, Osborne was selected as the Labour candidate for the new constituency of [[Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency)|Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock]], where she was returned at the [[United Kingdom general election |
In June 2004, Osborne was selected as the Labour candidate for the new constituency of [[Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency)|Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock]], where she was returned at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]] with a majority of 9,997 votes. She served on the [[Foreign Affairs Select Committee]] from 2005 to 2010. She was also Secretary of the All Party Group on Colombia and the Women, Peace and Security Group. In 2006, then-[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]] appointed her as a member of the UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE). {{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} |
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On 6 May 2010, Osborne was re-elected as MP for [[Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency)|Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock]] with a majority of 9,911 votes. In 2010, she was elected Vice Chair of Labour's backbench Foreign Affairs Committee and Chair of the All Party Equalities Group. In October 2010, she was appointed to the [[Defence Select Committee]] and the [[Council of Europe]]. In 2011, she was a member of the special Select Committee set up to scrutinise the Bill that became the Armed Forces Act 2011.<ref>{{cite web |
On 6 May 2010, Osborne was re-elected as MP for [[Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency)|Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock]] with a majority of 9,911 votes. In 2010, she was elected Vice Chair of Labour's backbench Foreign Affairs Committee and Chair of the All Party Equalities Group. In October 2010, she was appointed to the [[Defence Select Committee]] and the [[Council of Europe]]. In 2011, she was a member of the special Select Committee set up to scrutinise the Bill that became the Armed Forces Act 2011.<ref>{{cite web |
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Her political achievements include: securing an amendment to the Government legislation on National Air Traffic Control Services which secured the building of the new Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre at [[Glasgow Prestwick Airport|Prestwick]] and playing a lead role in persuading the Government to set up the Financial Assistance Scheme and the Pension Protection Fund for those at risk of losing their occupational pensions if their employers go [[bankruptcy|bankrupt]]. |
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⚫ | }}</ref> In January 2011, the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] appointed her to his [[Panel of Chairs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/sandra-osborne/576|title=Sandra Osborne|website=UK Parliament|language=English|access-date=2019-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129122719/https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/sandra-osborne/576|archive-date=29 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> She was reappointed to the [[Foreign Affairs Select Committee]] in 2013. |
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==Family== |
==Family== |
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Her husband is Alastair Osborne, who was the Labour candidate in the same Ayr constituency in 1992 that Sandra Osborne gained for her party in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics|title=Politics|website=the Guardian}}</ref> The couple have two daughters and two granddaughters and live in [[Symington, South Ayrshire|Symington]], [[Ayrshire]].<ref name="Sandra Osborne MP official site"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/sandra-osborne|title=Sandra Osborne|website=politics.co.uk}}</ref> |
Her husband is Alastair Osborne, who was the Labour candidate in the same Ayr constituency in 1992 that Sandra Osborne gained for her party in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics|title=Politics|website=the Guardian|access-date=16 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531215600/https://www.theguardian.com/politics|archive-date=31 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple have two daughters and two granddaughters and live in [[Symington, South Ayrshire|Symington]], [[Ayrshire]].<ref name="Sandra Osborne MP official site"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/sandra-osborne|title=Sandra Osborne|website=politics.co.uk|access-date=4 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404093824/http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/sandra-osborne|archive-date=4 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Sandra Osborne | |
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Member of Parliament for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Ayr (1997–2005) | |
In office 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015 | |
Preceded by | Phil Gallie |
Succeeded by | Corri Wilson |
Personal details | |
Born | Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland | 23 February 1956
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Alastair Osborne |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Strathclyde |
Sandra Currie Osborne (née Clark, born 23 February 1956) is a Scottish Labour politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock from the 2005 to 2015 general elections. She was first elected as MP for the Ayr constituency in 1997, and resigned from a government job in 2003 over the Iraq War. She was a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2005 to 2010 and again from 2013. She was a member of the Defence Select Committee 2010-13 and was a member of the Council of Europe.[1]
Before Parliament
[edit]Osborne was born and brought up in the deprived Ferguslie Park district, in Paisley. She was educated at Camphill Secondary School in Paisley. She later attended evening classes before going on to Jordanhill College where she gained the Diploma in Community Education. After working as a community worker in Glasgow she moved to Ayrshire, where she spent fourteen years working as a counsellor with Women's Aid, based in Kilmarnock. During that time, she also studied part-time at the University of Strathclyde where she graduated with a Master of Science in Equality and Discrimination. In 1997, she was one of the shortlisted finalists in the Scottish Woman of the Year Awards (Glasgow Evening Times) [1] nominated for her work with abused women.
Political career
[edit]Osborne was the councillor for Whitletts on Kyle and Carrick District Council and South Ayrshire Council where she also served as Convener of Community Services (Housing and Social Work). She is a member of the trade union Unite (formerly TGWU) and has been active in the Labour Party since 1976, serving for a time as Ayr CLP Secretary. In 1983, she was a member of the Scottish contingent on the People's March for Jobs who walked from Glasgow to London. She was selected as a Labour candidate in Ayr from an all-women shortlist. In May 1997, she was elected as MP for the Ayr constituency, becoming Ayr's first-ever Labour MP and first ever female MP. She was re-elected at the 2001 general election.[2]
Osborne served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Helen Liddell, the Secretary of State for Scotland, from June 2002 until she stepped down in March 2003 over her opposition to going to war with Iraq. She believed this should not have gone ahead without a second UN resolution.[3] She had previously served as PPS to George Foulkes, Minister of State at the Scotland Office and to his predecessor in that post, Brian Wilson. She has served as Chair of the Scottish Group of Labour MPs and member of the Scottish Executive of the Labour Party. She has served as Chair of the All Party Group on Meningitis. She was a member of the Kerley Committee on the Renewal of Local Democracy, providing a minority report opposing proportional representation.
In June 2004, Osborne was selected as the Labour candidate for the new constituency of Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, where she was returned at the 2005 general election with a majority of 9,997 votes. She served on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2005 to 2010. She was also Secretary of the All Party Group on Colombia and the Women, Peace and Security Group. In 2006, then-Prime Minister Tony Blair appointed her as a member of the UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). [citation needed]
On 6 May 2010, Osborne was re-elected as MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock with a majority of 9,911 votes. In 2010, she was elected Vice Chair of Labour's backbench Foreign Affairs Committee and Chair of the All Party Equalities Group. In October 2010, she was appointed to the Defence Select Committee and the Council of Europe. In 2011, she was a member of the special Select Committee set up to scrutinise the Bill that became the Armed Forces Act 2011.[4] In January 2011, the Speaker of the House of Commons appointed her to his Panel of Chairs.[5] She was reappointed to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee in 2013.
Family
[edit]Her husband is Alastair Osborne, who was the Labour candidate in the same Ayr constituency in 1992 that Sandra Osborne gained for her party in 1997.[6] The couple have two daughters and two granddaughters and live in Symington, Ayrshire.[1][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "sandraosborne.co.uk". www.sandraosborne.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Labour blow as all-women lists outlawed" Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, The Independent]
- ^ "Scots MP resigns over Iraq". 19 March 2003. Archived from the original on 9 June 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill". parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ^ "Sandra Osborne". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Politics". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Sandra Osborne". politics.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
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