Kirsten Oswald
Kirsten Frances Oswald (born 21 December 1972) is a Scots National Pairty politician an Memmer o Pairlament fur East Renfrewshire.
She haes sert as the pairty's Deputy Leader in Wastmeinster sin 2020. She wis furst electit in 2015, wis unseatit in the snap 2017 general election, but wis returnt again in 2019.
Kirsten Oswald MP | |
|---|---|
 Oswald in 2020 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Scots National Pairty in the House of Commons | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2020 | |
| Leader | Ian Blackford |
| Precedit bi | Kirsty Blackman |
| Memmer o Pairlament for East Renfrewshire | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Precedit bi | Paul Masterton |
| Majority | 5,426 (9.8%) |
| In office 7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017 | |
| Precedit bi | Jim Murphy |
| Succeedit bi | Paul Masterton |
| Chairman & Business Convener of the Scots National Pairty | |
| Assumed office 3 November 2018 | |
| Leader | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Precedit bi | Derek Mackay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kirsten Frances Oswald 21 December 1972 Dundee, Scotland |
| Poleetical pairty | Scots National Pairty |
| Spoose(s) | Davinder Bedi |
| Alma mater | Varsity o Glesga |
| Wabsteid | Campaign website |
Aerly life
Oswald wis born in Dundee an grew up in Carnoustie whaur she went tae Carnoustie Heich Schuil. She attendit the Varsity o Glesga whaur she studied History. In 2008, she flittit tae East Renfrewshire wi her husband an twa loons. Her mither wis Helen Oswald, Provost o Angus Cooncil. Oswald wis heid yin o Human Resoorces at Sooth Lanrikshire College fur twal year.
Political thrift
Oswald becam active in the Scots National Pairty durin the 2014 Scots unthirldom referendum, serrin on the committe o her local Women for Independence (Scots: Wummin fur Unthirldom group, whaur she wis chairged wi local fuid baunk collections.
On 30 Januar, she wis annoonced as the East Renfrewshire constituency in the 2015 general election. Durin her campaign, she wis creiticised fur sendin oot letters tae Conservative voters speirin them fur their support tae beat Labour. Oswald claimt her letters sert tae contrast voter values wi negative campaign tactics frae the Conservatives that focussed on keepin the SNP oot o pouer.
She wan the seat wi a majority o 3,718 votes, defeatin Jim Murphy that wis at the time the heid yin o the Scots Labour Pairty. Murphy haed haudit the seat syne Labours laundslide victory aichteen year syne, an demittit frae the Scots Labour leadership on 13 Juin 2015.
At the 2017 Unitit Kinrick general election, Oswald wis beaten bi Paul Masterton o the Conservatives, that wan wi a majority o 4,712 votes.
In 2018 she wis electit Chairman an Business Convener o the SNP, replacin then Scots Govrenment Finance Secretar Derek Mackay.
She wis waled as the SNP's candidate fur the East Renfrewshire seat in the 2019 Unitit Kinrick general election, whaur she reteuk the seat wi a majority o 5,426 votes or 9.8% - muckler nor her foregaun majority in 2015.
On 7 Julie 2020, she wis electit as deputy leader o the SNP in the Hoose o Commons, succeedin Kirsty Blackman.
References
This article uses material from the Wikipedia Scots article Kirsten Oswald, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available unner CC BY-SA 4.0 unless itherwise notit. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Scots (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.