Kaukab Stewart

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Kaukab Stewart

MSP
Kaukab Stewart 2021.jpg
Affirming in 2021
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Glasgow Kelvin
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Preceded bySandra White
Majority5,458 (15.1%)
Personal details
Political partyScottish National Party
ProfessionEducator
Websitekaukabstewart.scot

Kaukab Stewart (born 1967/68)[1] is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Kelvin since May 2021.

At the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, she became one of the first women of colour elected to the Scottish Parliament, alongside Pam Gosal.[2][3]

Early life and career[]

Stewart attended Northampton School for Girls, Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow and Moray House School of Education in Edinburgh.[4]

Prior to her election, she had almost thirty years experience as a teacher,[5][6] alongside pursuing a political career, which she earlier admitted as challenging even with a 'sympathetic headteacher....you have a duty to the kids, who must come first.'[7]

Political career[]

She stood unsuccessfully as a SNP candidate in the first Scottish Parliament election since devolution, against Donald Dewar for Glasgow Anniesland at the 1999 Scottish Parliament election.[8][9]

Stewart stood unsuccessfully against former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling at the 2010 general election.[10]

At the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, she was elected as Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Kelvin, with a majority of 5,458 votes.[11] Her election was noted in the UK press and abroad, such as The Japan Times and Le Parisien.[12][13]

Stewart was appointed in June 2021 as deputy convenor of the Holyrood education committee which will be duly scrutinising wide ranging changes due to Scottish education policy and its lead bodies.[14]

She was interviewed for Channel 4 blog The Political Slot on her party's vision for equality in Scotland.[15]

Personal life[]

Stewart is a Muslim and of Pakistani descent. Her husband is Richard Stewart and have two children.[16]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Williams, Craig (22 March 2021). "The women who hope to break the mould of Scottish politics". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 29 August 2021. The 53-year-old teacher is standing for the SNP in Glasgow Kelvin.
  2. ^ "Scottish election 2021: First women of colour elected to Holyrood". BBC News. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ Bradley, Jane (9 May 2021). "'It has taken too long but to all women and girls of colour out there - the Scottish Parliament belongs to you too'". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ "VOTE 2001 CANDIDATES". BBC News. 2001. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ Hunter, Catherine (21 April 2021). "Meet the candidates for Glasgow Kelvin". The Glasgow Evening TImes. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. ^ Buaras, Elham Assad (27 November 2020). "Holyrood set to welcome first Muslim/ BAME woman MSP". The Muslim News. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. ^ Hepburn, Henry (8 May 2021). "Teacher is first woman of colour elected as MSP". Tes. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Dewar faces everything he is not". The Herald. 26 September 1998. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  9. ^ Ritchie, Murray (2000). Scotland reclaimed: the inside story of Scotland's first democratic parliamentary election. Saltire Society. Edinburgh: Saltire Society. p. 223. ISBN 0-85411-077-1. OCLC 44603592.
  10. ^ "Electoral Calculus ElectData 2010". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Scotland Election 2021 > Glasgow Kelvin". BBC News. 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  12. ^ Ross, Tim; Reed, Alastair (9 May 2021). "U.K. elections spark debate over Scottish independence push". The Japan Times (subscription required). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  13. ^ "En Ecosse, les indépendantistes remportent les élections et défient Boris Johnson". leparisien.fr (in French). 8 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  14. ^ Nutt, Kathleen (24 June 2021). "Tory MSP who removed Gaelic from Holyrood logo appointed education convener". The National. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  15. ^ "The Political Slot - On Demand - All 4 - Scottish National Party". www.channel4.com. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  16. ^ Thapaliya, Mandip (18 May 2021). "Who is Kaukab Stewart Married To? Husband Ethnicity And Everything to Know". Mixed Article. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

External links[]

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by
Sandra White 		Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Kelvin
2021–present 		Incumbent
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