Angela Constance

Angela Constance MSP
File:Angela Constance MSP.jpg
Minister for Youth Employment
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 December 2011
First Minister	Alex Salmond
Preceded by	Position created
Minister for Children and Young People
In office 25 May 2011 – 7 December 2011
First Minister	Alex Salmond
Preceded by	Adam Ingram (as Minister for Children and Early Years)
Succeeded by	Aileen Campbell
Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning
In office 12 December 2010 – 25 May 2011
First Minister	Alex Salmond
Preceded by	Keith Brown
Succeeded by	Alasdair Allan
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Almond Valley Livingston (2007-2011)
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 May 2007
Preceded by	Bristow Muldoon
Majority	5,542(18%)
Personal details
Born	(1970-07-15) 15 July 1970 Blackburn, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party
Alma mater	University of Glasgow

Angela Constance (born 15 July 1970) is the Scottish Government Minister for Youth Employment and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Almond Valley (formerly Livingston) since 2007.

She was born in Blackburn, West Lothian, and raised in Addiewell and West Calder. While studying at the University of Glasgow she was elected President of Glasgow University Students' Representative Council, where her sabbatical vice president was Alasdair Allan, now SNP MSP for the Western Isles.

Before her election to Holyrood, Constance worked as a social worker and was a councillor for West Lothian Council where she was the SNP spokesperson for children services and lifelong learning. She also stood for the SNP in the Livingston by-election, 2005.

After her election to Holyrood, Constance announced she was expecting her first child in October 2007.

External links

• SNP bio of Angela Constance
• West Lothian Council's entry for Cllr Angela Constance
• Angela Constance MSP

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