Carol Mochan Explained

Carol Mochan
Honorific-Suffix:MSP
Office:Member of the Scottish Parliament
for South Scotland
Term Start:8 May 2021
Office1:Shadow Minister for Mental Wellbeing, Women's Health and Sport
Term Start1:31 May 2021
Party:Scottish Labour

Carol Mochan is a Scottish Labour politician. She has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region since the election in May 2021.

Career

Mochan grew up in Ayrshire, attending Girvan Primary School and Auchinleck Academy. She worked in the NHS as a dietician for 17 years and during this time built up a wealth of experience around the needs of people and the extent of inequality within society. She is a lifelong dedicated and active trade union member. She lives in Mauchline, Ayrshire, running a small family business. Before her election to the Scottish Parliament she was active in many roles within the community: a member of the community council and community association, chair of a parent led toddler group, and part of the school parent council. She has served as Chair of the Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley Constituency Labour Party and was a candidate in the council elections for East Ayrshire Council in 2017.

She stood for the UK Parliamentary seat of Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock in 2017 and for the Scottish Parliamentary seat of Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley in 2016 and 2021.[1] [2] [3] She was elected as one of Scottish Labour's three regional MSPs for South Scotland in 2021.[4] She was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Mental Wellbeing, Women's Health and Sport.[5] She was one of only two Labour MSPs to vote against the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. [6]

Personal life

She is married and has two children.[7] Mochan identifies as a socialist and a feminist.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Behan. Paul. 2021-03-01. New Scottish Labour Leader appoints Ayrshire candidate to key role. 2021-05-08. InYourArea.co.uk.
  2. News: Anas Sarwar appoints Carol Mochan as Mental Health Spokesperson. Boyle. Fionnuala. 10 March 2021. 8 May 2021. Cumnock Chronicle. en.
  3. Web site: Carol Mochan for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley in the Scottish Parliament elections (Constituencies). 2021-05-08. Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. en-gb.
  4. News: South of Scotland. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-05-31.
  5. Web site: Davidson. Peter. 2021-05-31. Scottish Labour announce shadow team as Anas Sarwar focuses on national recovery. 2021-05-31. Daily Record. en.
  6. Web site: 2023-12-08 . Scottish Government loses legal challenge to Westminster veto of Gender Recognition Reform Bill . 2024-08-14 . Holyrood Website . en.
  7. News: Aitken . Mark . As a large batch of MSPs with young children settles in for new parliament, we ask how easy it is to juggle life as a politician and a parent . 3 June 2021 . The Sunday Post . DC Thomson Media . 16 May 2021.
  8. CMochan. Mochan. Carol. 1605957962580623360. Unfortunately as a socialist and a feminist I had no option but to vote against the Gender Recognition Reform Bill today. I supported it at Stage 1 as like so many others I agree this process should be reformed.. 22 December 2022.