12 Facts About Trish Godman

Patricia Godman was a Scottish Labour politician who served as Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2003 to 2011.

Trish Godman was the Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West Renfrewshire constituency from 1999 to 2011.

The daughter of Martin Leonard and Cathie Craig, Trish Godman was a Glasgow City councillor before entering the Scottish Parliament.

Trish Godman later attended Jordanhill College where she trained as a social worker.

Trish Godman worked as a social worker working in the East End of Glasgow from 1979 to 1989.

From 2003 until 2011, Trish Godman was a Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.

Trish Godman did not qualify for the rental expenses allowance as her main residence in Glasgow was too close to Holyrood to qualify, but claimed rent rather than hotel expenses.

Trish Godman was entitled to an overnight expenses allowance that permitted MSPs to recoup expenses for each night, which she had paid for the rent of the apartment.

On her final day in parliament, Trish Godman wore a Celtic FC shirt in Holyrood.

Trish Godman married her second husband Norman Trish Godman in 1981, who was a Member of Parliament for Greenock and Inverclyde and its predecessor seat from 1983 to 2001.

Trish Godman had three sons by her first husband, from whom she separated aged 22 due to his infidelity.

Trish Godman died on 21 July 2019 in Clydebank, after fighting with a terminal illness.