Susan Deacon

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Susan Deacon (born 2 February 1964, Musselburgh) is a Scottish Labour Party politician and was a MSP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh from 1999 to 2007. She attended the University of Edinburgh for her degree in Social Policy and Politics, as well as for her MBA. She was minister for Health and Community Care until 2001 when she was offered an alternative portfolio by incoming Jack McConnell, but instead resigned her post.

She is a patron of LGBT Youth Scotland an organisation dedicated to the inclusion of LGBT young people in the life of Scotland. She has been quoted as accusing the Roman Catholic church of launching a "torrent of intolerance" for opposing Labour party social legislation.^[1]

She lives in Musselburgh with her partner John Boothman, Executive Editor of BBC Scotland's Parliamentary Unit, and a former chair of the Scottish Organisation of Labour Students.

She did not seek re-election in 2007.[1]. The seat was won by the SNP's Kenny MacAskill. After leaving politics Deacon became professor of social change at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh.[2]

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^ "Bishop lays down the law to Labour", Page 3, The Catholic Times, October 15 2006

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Constituency Created	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 1999–2007	Succeeded by Kenny MacAskill
Preceded by position created	Minister for Health and Community Care 1999–2001	Succeeded by Malcolm Chisholm