Tricia McLeish - Glasgow East Solidarity Candidate

TRICIA McLEISH, SOLIDARITY

Tricia McLeish, 44, from the party's Shettleston branch, has been an active socialist for more than 20 years.

She was born and lives in Shettleston and was educated at St Andrews in Greenfield.

Ms McLeish works as a technical officer for Glasgow City Council's land and environmental services and was a Unison (and previously Nalgo) shop steward in the council's housing department for 15 years. After being suspended from the Labour Party for her involvement in the Anti-Poll Tax Federation, she went on to become a founder member of the Scottish Socialist Alliance, the Scottish Socialist Party and then Solidarity.

She is a member of the party's national steering committee and has taken a leading role in campaigns against the privatisation of public services.