Meghan Gallacher

Meghan Gallacher (born 1992) is a Scottish politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region since 2021 and a councillor for the Motherwell West ward since 2017. A member of the Scottish Conservatives, she served as the party's group leader in the North Lanarkshire Council.

Meghan Gallacher
MSP
Official portrait, 2021
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Central Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
Assumed office
10 May 2021
Councillor, North Lanarkshire Council
Assumed office
5 May 2017
ConstituencyMotherwell West
Personal details
Born1992 (age 29–30)
Bellshill, Scotland[1]
Political partyScottish Conservatives
Alma materUniversity of the West of Scotland

Early life and education

Gallacher was brought up in Holytown in North Lanarkshire. She is a graduate of the University of the West of Scotland where she studied politics.[2][3]

Political career

Gallacher first stood for election in 2015 at Thorniewood ward by-election for North Lanarkshire Council, she was eliminated at Stage 5 of the count.[4] The following year, she stood for the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, finishing in third place. She was also the fifth placed Conservative candidate for the Central region, but was not elected.[5][6]

Gallacher was elected to North Lanarkshire Council for the Motherwell West ward in 2017, she subsequently became the party's group leader.[7]

At the 2017 and snap 2019 UK general elections, she stood for the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, finishing third on both occasions.[8][9]

She was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2021 for the Central Scotland region, elected through the regional list vote. She had also stood for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency.[10][11]

On 12 January 2022, Gallacher called for Boris Johnson to resign as Conservative party leader and Prime Minister over the Westminster lockdown parties controversy along with a majority of Scottish Conservative MSPs.[12]

References
  1. Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. "Politics graduate Meghan Gallacher on voting Conservative and why she has set her sights on becoming next female prime minister". Daily Record. 21 July 2014.
  3. Farquharson, Gregor (9 December 2021). "Lanarkshire MSP and former student praise university's new developments". Daily Record. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. "Results" (PDF). mars.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. "Motherwell and Wishaw - Scottish Parliament constituency - Election 2016 - BBC News" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "Central Scotland Regional List Candidates". South Lanarkshire.
  7. North Lanarkshire Council – Councillor Meghan Gallacher, Scottish Conservative Councillors Association
  8. "Motherwell & Wishaw parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. "Election history for Motherwell and Wishaw (Constituency) - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk.
  10. "Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. "Scottish Parliament Scotland Central". Sky News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  12. Green, Chris (12 January 2022). "Majority of Scottish Tories' 31 MSPs at Holyrood now openly calling for the Prime Minister to resign". Twitter. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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