Sarah was first elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and served in Donald Dewar’s Cabinet as Minister for Transport and the Environment. Prior to her election she was a Town Planner and a lecturer.
In Parliament Sarah has consistently raised the need to tackle climate change and currently services on Cross-Party Groups on Sustainable Transport and Renewables and Energy Efficiency.
Sarah was briefly out of Parliament between 2016 and 2019 during which time she worked for the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations. Sarah is currently Scottish Labour’s Spokesperson for Net Zero, Energy and Just Transition.
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