Career
Beamish is a leading activist in the Scottish Labour Party. She topped Labour"s list for the South of Scotland in the 2003 and 2007 Scottish Parliament elections and was Labour Company-operative candidate for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale at the 2010 general election. Beamish was the Convener of the Equal Opportunities Committee in the Scottish Parliament in the second half of 2011.
She speaks regularly in Parliament on issues relating to education and young people, equal opportunities, rural affairs and the environment.
Following the election of Johann Lamont as Labour leader, Beamish was appointed as Labour"s Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change.
