Collette Stevenson (née McDade, born 1969) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for East Kilbride since May 2021.[1]

Collette Stevenson
Affirming in 2021
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for East Kilbride
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Preceded byLinda Fabiani
Majority8,672 (14.1%)[1]
Councillor, South Lanarkshire Council
In office
5 May 2017 – 4 May 2022
ConstituencyEast Kilbride Central South
Personal details
Born
Collette McDade

1969 (age 54–55)[2]
East Kilbride, Scotland
Political partyScottish National Party
Alma materUniversity of the West of Scotland
OccupationAdministrator

She served as a local councillor for South Lanarkshire's East Kilbride Central South ward from 2017 and was depute provost at the time of her election as an MSP;[3][4] she stood down as a councillor ahead of the 2022 local elections.

Stevenson was raised in East Kilbride, where she lives with her family. A graduate in business from the University of the West of Scotland, she was employed in administrative roles at the local authority. She was a founding member of the East Kilbride branch of Women for Independence.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Constituencies A-Z | East Kilbride, BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021
  2. ^ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  3. ^ East Kilbride councillor calls for litter crackdown in The Murray and Westwood Square, Daily Record, 9 March 2018
  4. ^ McCall, Chris (8 May 2021). "Scotland's new MSPs: Meet the new boys and girls off to Holyrood for first time". Daily Record. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  5. ^ Stevenson, Collette (26 September 2020). "Why I'd welcome following in the footsteps of SNP figure at Holyrood 2021". The National. Herald and Times Group. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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Scottish Parliament
Preceded by MSP for East Kilbride
2021present
Incumbent