Sarah Beattie-Smith

Sarah Beattie-Smith
Scottish Green Party politician
Personal details
Born Lanark, Scotland
Nationality Scottish
Political party Scottish Green Party
Alma mater Edinburgh College of Art
Website sarahbeattiesmith.wordpress.com

Sarah Beattie-Smith is a Scottish politician and the Scottish Green Party's lead candidate in the South Scotland region in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Beattie-Smith heads up political discussion show with David Greig Two Minute Manifesto, appearing at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh,[1] and the Wigtown Book Festival[2] in 2015. She also regularly represents the Greens on the BBC TV's Scottish current affairs programme Scotland 2016.[3]

A number of polls predict that the Greens will get enough support to see Beattie-Smith enter the Scottish Parliament in May 2016.[4] [5] [6]

Personal and professional life

Beattie-Smith is originally from Biggar, South Lanarkshire, but spent most of her childhood living in near Peebles.[7] She studied Sculpture at the Edinburgh College of Art from 2002 to 2006 where she was elected to the position of President of the Students Union.[8]

Having lived in Edinburgh in the years following she now resides in Dunbar, East Lothian.

In her professional life she worked at the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations from 2008-2011 and at Citizen's Advice Scotland from 2011 to 2015.

Political career

From 2014-15 she was Co-convenor of the Edinburgh Green Party[9] and served as Co-Editor of progressive blog Bright Green in the same period.

During the 2014 Referendum on Scottish Independence she was active in the Radical Independence Campaign and National Collective, and became well known for stewarding a semi-permanent Scottish Green Party stall at a police box on Leith Walk, Edinburgh.[10]

In 2015 she was involved in developing the party's policies on energy and public ownership.

Running as the Scottish Green Party candidate in Edinburgh North and Leith, she received 3,140 votes – the party's best ever result in a UK General Election.

Beattie-Smith was chosen as the party's lead candidate for the South of Scotland by a ballot of the party's membership in April 2015.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Two Minute Manifesto". Traverse Theatre. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  2. ↑ red, ast and. "Wigtown Book Festival - Programme". www.wigtownbookfestival.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  3. ↑ "BBC Scotland 2016". Twitter. 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  4. ↑ Philip, Andy. "OUR exclusive survey predicts Labour will slump to third party in Scotland". dailyrecord. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  5. ↑ "How would you be likely to use your regional vote in a Scottish Parliament election? (including greens) | What Scotland Thinks". What Scotland Thinks. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  6. ↑ "Greens to take 10 seats from Labour in Scotland". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  7. ↑ "About". Sarah Beattie-Smith. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  8. ↑ "Election Essays: Sarah Beattie-Smith, Scottish Greens". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  9. ↑ "About". Sarah Beattie-Smith. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  10. ↑ "Referendum week at the Green Yes TARDIS". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  11. ↑ McColl, Peter. "Radical Greens in the race for Holyrood in 2016". Bright Green. Retrieved 2016-04-05.

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