Jayne Baxter

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 – 23 March 2016
Preceded byJohn Park
Personal details
Born (1955-11-05) 5 November 1955 (age 69)
Political partyScottish Labour Party
Alma materEdinburgh 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.

  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. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Richard Leonard accused of 'stitch up' over MEP candidate selection". scotsman.com. Retrieved 31 October 2019.