Helen Eadie (March 7, 1947 — November 9, 2013), British politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament

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When Labour was in power in the Scottish Executive, Eadie called for an end to tolls on the Forth Road Bridge. After the May 2003 Scottish parliament election, Eadie strongly opposed the then Labour-LibDem coalition"s agreed deal to introduce the single transferable vote (STV) proportional system for future local council elections. She said it was an example of "the tail wagging the dog" and "lieutenant"s about one of the smallest parties in the parliament wanting to use the power that they have to try to force through issues that they want to see steamrollered through." In November 2006, Eadie called for curfews against under-15 youths, after she was surrounded and trapped inside her car by a mob of youngsters who started rocking the car and throwing missiles at lieutenant Eadie said at the time, the move was like "putting Attila the Hun in charge of community care".</p> </aside> <div class="responsive__col__center map__col"> <div id="map-big-canvas" class="map__chart"></div> </div> <div class="responsive__col__right responsive__col__empty"></div> </div> </main> <div id="similarProfiles__bar" class="layout-grid"> <div id="gridPanel" class="layout-grid__col layout-grid__col_content"> <div class="panel panel_thumbnail"> <h3 class="panel__title"> <span id="similarProfiles__title" class="panel__title-text"> </span> <span id="similarProfiles__loader" style="display: none;"> <img src="/web/assets/ajax-loader.gif" alt="Loader image"> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="photos-gallery" style="display:none;"> <main class="content"> <div 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href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2339404&section=activities#general"></a> <div class="tooltip tooltip_arrow_t tooltip_article"> Helen Stirling Eadie was a Scottish Labour Company-operative politician who sat in the Scottish Parliament from 1999 until her death, first for Dunfermline East and from 2011 for Cowdenbeath. <a class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2339404&section=lifeInBrief#general"></a> </div> <article class="article__item"> <h2 class="article__title" id="background"> Background </h2> <p class="article__text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2339404&section=background#general"></a> Helen was born in Stenhousemuir, near Falkirk. </p> <a rel="nofollow" class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2339404&section=background#general"></a> </article> <article class="article__item"> <h2 class="article__title" id="education"> Education </h2> <p class="article__text">She attended Larbert Village School, Larbert High School and Falkirk Technical College before going on to read trade union studies at the London School of Economics. She finished in third place, but increased her party"s share of the vote to 15% from 8.8% in 1992.</p> <a rel="nofollow" class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2339404&section=education#education"></a> </article> <article class="article__item"> <h2 class="article__title" id="work"> Career </h2> <p class="article__text">At the 1997 general election she contexted the Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency as the Labour candidate. When Labour was in power in the Scottish Executive, Eadie called for an end to tolls on the Forth Road Bridge. After the May 2003 Scottish parliament election, Eadie strongly opposed the then Labour-LibDem coalition"s agreed deal to introduce the single transferable vote (STV) proportional system for future local council elections.<br/><br/>She said it was an example of "the tail wagging the dog" and "lieutenant"s about one of the smallest parties in the parliament wanting to use the power that they have to try to force through issues that they want to see steamrollered through."<br/><br/> In November 2006, Eadie called for curfews against under-15 youths, after she was surrounded and trapped inside her car by a mob of youngsters who started rocking the car and throwing missiles at lieutenant<br/><br/>Eadie said at the time, the move was like "putting Attila the Hun in charge of community care".</p> <a rel="nofollow" class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2339404&section=workResults#work"></a> </article>   <article class="article__item"> <h2 class="article__title" id="politicalViews">Politics</h2> <p class="article__text">Labour Company-operative, Labour Party.</p> <a rel="nofollow" class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2339404&section=politicalViews#lifeStance"></a> </article>  <article class="article__item"> <h2 class="article__title">Membership</h2> <p class="article__text"> She was a member of Fife Regional Council before being elected the Scottish Parliament in 1999. She was a member of many Scottish Parliament committees, but in June 2007 resigned two of her committee posts in protest at a Tory Managing Successful Programmes being given a convener-ship of the equal opportunities committee. </p> <a class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2339404&section=membershipDescription#lifeStance"></a> <ul class="interest-list"> </ul> </article>  </section> </div> </div> <div id="rightSidebar" class="layout-grid__col responsive__col__right" style="display:none;"> <div class="info"> <div class="info__item"> <div class="photo"> <div class="photo__general" id="mainAnchor"> <a onclick="Prabook.person_view_responsive.searchPhoto(2362860,'gallery', 'mainPhoto');" title="" class="photo__general_link"> <img class="photo__img" itemprop="image" alt="Helen Eadie's Profile Photo" title="Helen Eadie's Profile Photo" src="/web/show-photo-icon.jpg?id=2362860&width=220&cache=false"/> </a> </div> <div class="photo__img-collection" id="othersAnchor"> 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