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
Birth Place:Lincolnshire, England
Death Place:Winchester, England
Party:Scottish Labour Party

Sylvia Jackson (3 December 1946 – 27 July 2022) 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.

Jackson died from cancer at a hospice in Winchester, on 27 July 2022, at the age of 75.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Marjoribanks . Kaiya . Tributes paid following death of Stirling's first MSP, Sylvia Jackson, aged 76 . 15 October 2024 . The Daily Record . 3 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Jackson, Dr Sylvia . WHO WAS WHO 2024 . 15 October 2024.