Janis Hughes | |
Constituency Mp: | Glasgow Rutherglen |
Parliament: | Scottish |
Term Start: | 6 May 1999 |
Term End: | 2 April 2007 |
Predecessor: | New Parliament |
Successor: | James Kelly |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1958 |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Party: | Scottish Labour |
Janis Hughes (born 1 May 1958) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Rutherglen constituency from 1999 to 2007. In the inaugural election to the parliament in 1999, Hughes won a 25% majority; this increased to nearly 27% in the 2003 election, despite her accruing almost 3,000 fewer votes. In both elections, around 45% of the votes cast were in her favour.
Prior to her election she worked as a nurse and an NHS administrator. She stood down as an MSP at the 2007 election.[1]
She resided in the Toryglen area of Glasgow for some years.[2]