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Crawley has prioritised campaigning on LGBTQ+ Equality in Parliament. On 27 February 2017, she launched a new campaign for transgender and non binary equality. This involved her setting up a petition. In 2022, Crawley led a debate on 50 Years of Pride in the UK, stating that "trans people in 2022 are
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In December 2016, Crawley stated in Parliament her view that "the law must be updated to recognise an individual's gender identity, which has nothing to do with their birth gender and everything to do with the gender they believe they are". Conservative MP
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In 2021, Crawley launched a campaign for paid miscarriage leave in the UK including the introduction of a Private Members Bill on the issue along with a national petition. She reintroduced the Private Members Bill in the 2022 Parliament.
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In 2014, she was appointed as the National Convenor of the SNP's youth wing, Young Scots for Independence; also sitting on the party's National Executive Committee.
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facing the same hate crime and discrimination that many of the LGBTI community faced in the 1980s," and asserting that LGBTQ+ rights are human rights.
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Crawley has called for victims of domestic abuse to be exempted from the child maintenance charge, and wrote a letter to the then Home Secretary
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The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2015: Profiles of the New MPs and Analysis of the 2015 General Election Results
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30 Under 30 list for her work in Parliament. She very narrowly retained her Lanark and Hamilton East seat at the
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for the Educational Travel Group. After being elected to Parliament, she received an LLB degree in law from the
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from 2021 to 2022. She was previously the SNP spokesperson for Women and Equalities and a member of the
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with 1,255 first preferences and taking the second seat in the ward, exceeding the quota.
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On 15 June 2022, Crawley lead a debate in Westminster on the merits of introducing a
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Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
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described Crawley in his response "as a great champion on trans issues".
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On 23 June 2023, she announced that she would not stand at the
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SNP Attorney General Spokesperson
House of Commons
Ian Blackford
Stuart McDonald
Patricia Gibson
Member of Parliament
Lanark and Hamilton East
Jimmy Hood
Hamilton
Scottish National Party
Alma mater
University of Stirling
University of Glasgow
Official website
Scottish National Party
Member of Parliament
Lanark and Hamilton East
2015
2024
Shadow Attorney General
House of Commons
Women and Equalities Committee
Hamilton
John Ogilvie High School
University of Stirling
Brighton
University of Glasgow
South Lanarkshire Council
2012 local elections

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