Angela Constance

Who is Angela Constance?

Angela Constance is the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Training, Youth and Women’s Employment and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Almond Valley since 2007.

She was born in Blackburn, West Lothian, and raised in Addiewell and West Calder. While studying at the University of Glasgow she was elected President of Glasgow University Students' Representative Council, where her sabbatical vice president was Alasdair Allan, now SNP MSP for the Western Isles.

Before her election to Holyrood, Constance worked as a social worker and was a councillor for West Lothian Council where she was the SNP spokesperson for children services and lifelong learning. She also stood for the SNP in the Livingston by-election, 2005.

After her election to Holyrood, Constance announced she was expecting her first child in October 2007.