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Clare Haughey

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Clare Haughey
MSP
BERJAYA
Official portrait, 2021
Minister for Children and Young People
In office
20 May 2021 – 29 March 2023
First MinisterNicola Sturgeon
Preceded byMaree Todd
Succeeded byNatalie Don
Minister for Mental Health
In office
27 June 2018 – 20 May 2021
First MinisterNicola Sturgeon
Preceded byMaureen Watt
Succeeded byKevin Stewart
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Rutherglen and Cambuslang
Rutherglen (2016–2026)
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 May 2016
Preceded byJames Kelly
Majority5,844 (17.2%)
Personal details
BornClare Joan Donnelly
April 1967 (age 59)
Glasgow, Scotland[1]
PartyScottish National Party
Websiteclarehaughey.scot

Clare Joan Haughey (née Donnelly, born April 1967)[2] is a Scottish politician who served as Minister for Children and Young People from 2021 to 2023,[3] having previously served as Minister for Mental Health from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Rutherglen and Cambuslang since the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, having previously represented Rutherglen from 2016 until its abolition in 2026.

Nursing career

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Haughey trained as a mental health nurse and worked as a clinical nurse manager.[4] Her family were based in Australia for some years.[5]

Political career

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In September 2015, the SNP branch selected her as the candidate for the Rutherglen constituency, ahead of the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.[6] The constituency had been held by Labour since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 until the election in May 2016, when Haughey defeated the incumbent James Kelly.[7]

On 27 June 2018, Haughey was appointed as the Scottish Government's Minister for Mental Health.[8]

She retained the Rutherglen seat in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, with an increased majority and just over 50% of the vote share.[9][10]

On 19 May 2021, Haughey was appointed to the new government as Minister for Children and Young People.[11][12]

On 29 March 2023, Haughey was appointed as the Convenor of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee.

References

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  1. ↑ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. ↑ "Clare Joan Haughey – Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Here is the full list of every minister in Humza Yousaf's government". The National. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "National accreditation for mother and baby mental health unit in Glasgow". STV News. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Interview: Mental health minister Clare Haughey on finding the strength to carry on after the loss of a child, Mandy Rhodes, Holyrood.com, 3 June 2020
  6. ↑ Dickie, Douglas (15 September 2015). "Rutherglen SNP branch select Clare Haughey to fight seat as she accuses Labour of taking area for granted". www.dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Scottish Parliament election 2016 constituency result: Rutherglen". The Scotsman. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Nine new junior ministers appointed to Scottish government". BBC News. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  9. ↑ Scottish election: Blow for Labour as it fails to take Rutherglen target seat, The National, 7 May 2021
  10. ↑ Constituencies A-Z | Rutherglen , BBC News; retrieved 7 May 2021
  11. ↑ "Nicola Sturgeon appoints new health and education secretaries". BBC News. 19 May 2021. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021.
  12. ↑ New Scottish Cabinet, Scottish Government, 19 May 2021
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