Carol Mochan

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Carol Mochan
MSP
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for South Scotland
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Shadow Minister for Mental Wellbeing, Women's Health and Sport
Assumed office
31 May 2021
Personal details
Political partyScottish 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 in 2017 for the UK Parliamentary seat of Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock. Mochan has also stood twice in Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley.[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]

Personal life[]

She is married and has two children.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "New Scottish Labour Leader appoints Ayrshire candidate to key role". InYourArea.co.uk. 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  2. ^ "Anas Sarwar appoints Carol Mochan as Mental Health Spokesperson". Cumnock Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  3. ^ "Carol Mochan for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley in the Scottish Parliament elections (Constituencies)". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  4. ^ "South of Scotland". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. ^ Davidson, Peter (2021-05-31). "Scottish Labour announce shadow team as Anas Sarwar focuses on national recovery". Daily Record. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  6. ^ Aitken, Mark (16 May 2021). "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". The Sunday Post. DC Thomson Media. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

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