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Jayne Baxter

Jayne Baxter is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 2012 to 2016. She succeeded John Park when he resigned his list seat to take up a position with the Community trades union.

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Jayne Baxter
Baxter in 2012
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Mid Scotland and Fife
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
7 December 2012 – 24 March 2016
Preceded byJohn Park
Personal details
Born (1955-11-05) 5 November 1955
PartyScottish Labour Party
Edinburgh Napier University

Jayne Baxter (born 5 November 1955)1 is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 2012 to 2016. She succeeded John Park when he resigned his list seat to take up a position with the Community trades union.

A lifelong resident of Fife, she graduated from Edinburgh Napier University in 1995.2 She currently serves as constituency agent for Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley.3

Baxter was Labour's second candidate on the Scotland constituency list in the 2019 European Parliament election.

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  1. "Benedetti is youngest new entry in Who's Who book". scotsman.com.
  2. "Fife councillor Jayne Baxter sworn in as Holyrood's newest MSP". STV News. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  3. "Richard Leonard accused of 'stitch up' over MEP candidate selection". scotsman.com. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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