Career
She was a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland region from 1999 to 2003. In the 1999 election she stood as a constituency candidate in Aberdeen South, finishing fourth. However her number four position on the Scottish National Party North East Scotland list was enough to take her to Holyrood where she became a shadow deputy spokesperson for the Scottish National Party after John Swinney became party leader.
She contested the seat of Dundee West in the 2003 election, where she narrowly lost to the Labour incumbent Kate Maclean.
