Hugh Henry

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Hugh Henry (b. 12 February 1952, Glasgow) is a Scottish Labour politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Paisley South since 1999.

He was appointed Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care in the Scottish Executive in 2001, and moved to become Deputy Minister for Social Justice in 2002. He was appointed Deputy Minister for Justice after the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003, and became Minister for Education in 2006. He retained the education brief in opposition after the 2007 election.

He was raised in Erskine, Renfrewshire and educated at St Mirin's Academy in Paisley, at the University of Glasgow and at Jordanhill College of Education in Glasgow. He has worked as an accountant with IBM UK Ltd, as a teacher and as a welfare rights officer with Strathclyde Regional Council. He was a local councillor from 1984 until 1999, including 4 years as leader of Renfrewshire Council. He was once a supporter of the Militant Tendency.[1]

He is married with two daughters and one son.

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• Scottish Parliament biography
• Scottish Executive
• Left-wing militant who became a minister Profile from The Scotsman.

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Constituency Created	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Paisley South 1999 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Peter Peacock	Minister for Education and Young People 2006–2007	Succeeded by Fiona Hyslop as Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning
Preceded by Richard Simpson	Deputy Minister for Justice 2002–2006	Succeeded by Johann Lamont
Preceded by Malcolm Chisholm	Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care 2001–2002	Succeeded by Frank McAveety

Hugh Henry
v • d • e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the West of Scotland region Elected in the 2007 election Labour (8 seats), SNP (5 seats), Conservative (2 seats), Lib Dems (1 seats) Constituency MSPs Des McNulty (Lab, Clydebank and Milngavie) • Kenny Gibson (SNP, Cunninghame North) • Jackie Baillie (Lab, Dumbarton) • Kenneth Macintosh (Lab, Eastwood) • Duncan McNeil (Lab, Greenock and Inverclyde) • Wendy Alexander (Lab, Paisley North) • Hugh Henry (Lab, Paisley South) • David Whitton (Lab, Strathkelvin and Bearsden) • Trish Godman (Lab, West Renfrewshire) Additional Members Jackson Carlaw (Con) • Ross Finnie (Lib Dem) • Annabel Goldie (Con) • Stuart McMillan (SNP) • Stewart Maxwell (SNP) • Gil Paterson (SNP) • Bill Wilson (SNP) v • d • e Scottish Labour MSPs Elected in the 2007 election Wendy Alexander · Jackie Baillie · Claire Baker · Richard Baker · Sarah Boyack · Rhona Brankin · Bill Butler · Malcolm Chisholm · Cathie Craigie · Margaret Curran · Helen Eadie · Patricia Ferguson · George Foulkes · Karen Gillon · Marlyn Glen · Trish Godman · Charlie Gordon · Rhoda Grant · Iain Gray · Hugh Henry · Cathy Jamieson · James Kelly · Andy Kerr · Johann Lamont · Marilyn Livingstone · Lewis Macdonald · Ken Macintosh · Paul Martin · Frank McAveety · Tom McCabe · Jack McConnell · Michael McMahon · Duncan McNeil · Pauline McNeill · Des McNulty · Mary Mulligan · Elaine Murray · Irene Oldfather · John Park · Peter Peacock · Cathy Peattie · Richard Simpson · Elaine Smith · David Stewart · Karen Whitefield · David Whitton