Carolyn Leckie is a member of the Scottish Parliament for central Scotland. She is also co-chair of the Scottish Socialist Party.
Carolyn Leckie is from East Kilbride. Before she was elected to the parliament in 2003 she was a midwife and a highly respected local union leader who represented thousands of hospital workers.
Just before election to Holyrood, she led several victorious strikes against low pay - the most recent involving 300 ancillary workers against the French multinational, Sodhexo.
She has since been active within the parliament campaigning for an end to the cuts and closures in hospital services across Scotland.
On the 20th January 2005 she was jailed for seven days for non-payment of a fine, arising from a protest outside Faslane nuclear base. She faces the possibility of being removed from the register of midwives by her professional body.
Last updated: 08-23-2005 04:22:57
