Sylvia Jackson Explained

Sylvia Jackson
Constituency Mp:Stirling
Parliament:Scottish
Term Start:6 May 1999
Term End:2 April 2007
Predecessor:New Parliament
Successor:Bruce Crawford
Birth Date:3 December 1946
Death Date:28 July 2022
Party:Scottish Labour Party

Sylvia Jackson (born 3 December 1946) was a Scottish Labour Party politician, and former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP).

In the Scottish Parliament election on 3 May 2007, she lost the Stirling constituency, which she had held since 1999, to Bruce Crawford of the SNP.

Prior to her election she has worked as a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and as a chemistry teacher.