Catherine Mary Jamieson was born on 3 November 1956 and is a Scottish business director, currently a director at Kilmarnock Football Club and former politician.
37 Facts About Cathy Jamieson
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Cathy Jamieson served as the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2000 to 2008.
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Cathy Jamieson previously served in the Scottish Executive as Minister for Justice from 2003 to 2007 and Minister for Education and Young People from 2001 to 2003.
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Cathy Jamieson was Member of the Scottish Parliament for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley from 1999 to 2011 and was a Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 2010 to 2015.
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Cathy Jamieson trained as an art therapist, but decided to take a career in social work.
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In 1983, Cathy Jamieson gained a Certificate of Qualification in Social Work from the University of Glasgow.
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Cathy Jamieson stood as a Labour candidate in the 1999 election to the 1st Scottish Parliament.
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Cathy Jamieson made attempts to ban Buckfast, a popular drink among underage drinkers she was unsuccessful as the company threatened to take legal action against the Scottish Executive.
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McConnell announced his resignation as the Leader of Scottish Labour and Cathy Jamieson served as acting leader until Wendy Alexander was elected.
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Cathy Jamieson continued to serve as the Deputy Leader until she resigned in June 2008 to stand for election as the Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland following Alexander's resignation.
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Cathy Jamieson came second, having been defeated by Iain Gray.
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Cathy Jamieson was appointed by Gray as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing.
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Cathy Jamieson stood down as an MSP in the 2011 election and ran as a candidate at the 2010 UK general election.
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Cathy Jamieson was elected to the House of Commons, representing the Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
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Under Ed Miliband, Cathy Jamieson was appointed in 2011 as the Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury within the Official Opposition frontbench.
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Catherine Mary Cathy Jamieson was born on 3 November 1956 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.
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Cathy Jamieson was educated at James Hamilton Academy, before obtaining a BA in Fine Art at the Glasgow School of Art and a Higher National Diploma in Art at Goldsmiths College in London.
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Cathy Jamieson gained a Management qualification from the Glasgow Caledonian University and later a post graduate Certificate of Qualification in social work from the University of Glasgow.
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Cathy Jamieson was a member of the Edinburgh inquiry into abuse in residential care and served on the management and advisory committees of several childcare agencies.
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Cathy Jamieson was elected an MSP in the first 1999 Scottish Parliament election.
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Cathy Jamieson was elected Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party in 2000 in leadership elections following the death of First Minister, Donald Dewar.
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In 2001, Jack McConnell became First Minister and Cathy Jamieson was appointed Minister for Education and Young People in the subsequent cabinet reshuffle.
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However, the First Minister issued a statement of public support for Cathy Jamieson and took no action.
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Cathy Jamieson was appointed Minister for Justice following the 2003 Scottish Parliament election.
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Cathy Jamieson later criticised Reliance and their security methods, but defended the principle of using a private company to transfer prisoners.
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One of the more high-profile campaigns launched by Cathy Jamieson was a campaign to ban Buckfast, a tonic wine popular with some underage drinkers in parts of Scotland.
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Cathy Jamieson campaigned against shops in her Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency to limit sales of the drink, claiming it was "linked to anti-social behaviour among young people".
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On 29 July 2008, Cathy Jamieson announced her intention to stand for the Scottish Labour leadership.
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An opponent of the Trident nuclear weapons system, Cathy Jamieson became secretary of the Westminster Parliamentary CND group.
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Cathy Jamieson strongly criticised Alex Salmond's SNP government and its candidate for Kilmarnock and Loudoun after they announced no money would be coming from the SNP to help create new jobs in Kilmarnock.
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Cathy Jamieson said the announcement was a "huge blow for the local area" and worked with a local taskforce to put pressure on the SNP.
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Under Ed Miliband, Cathy Jamieson was appointed in 2011 as the Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury within the Official Opposition frontbench.
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In March 2012, two years after Cathy Jamieson became MP, the Johnnie Walker factory in Kilmarnock closed, resulting in the loss of more than 700 jobs.
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Cathy Jamieson described it as an "end of an era in Kilmarnock" and pledged to put pressure on Diageo to honour commitments for the "iconic" site to become a point of regrowth in Kilmarnock.
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Since leaving public office, Cathy Jamieson has been appointed as the CEO of Care Vision Children's Services.
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Cathy Jamieson has since committed much of her time to social work, with Care Vision providing residential and foster placements for vulnerable children and young people in Scotland.
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Cathy Jamieson has one son and has been a vegan since 1996.