Trish Godman (born 31 October 1939, Govan) is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for West Renfrewshire constituency since 1999. October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Govan is a district and former burgh in the southwestern part of the Scottish city of Glasgow. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The Labour Party has, since the early twentieth century, been the principal left wing political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) (Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPA) in Gaelic) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. ... West Renfrewshire is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). ...

Before entering the scottish parliament Trish Godman was a Glasgow City Counsellor and before that she was a social worker working in the East End of Glasgow from 1979-1989. After leaving school at 15 Trish worked with a charity for some time, as a waitress, in a bar, insurance collector and a house mother in a list 'D' school

Since 2003 she has been a Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and so must remain impartial in the chamber. For the national legislative body up to 1707, see Parliament of Scotland. ...

Her husband is Norman Godman, who was a Member of Parliament for Greenock and Inverclyde and its predecessor seat from 1983 to 2001 while Gary Mulgrew, one of the NatWest Three, is her son.. Norman Anthony Godman (born April 19, 1937) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Greenock was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1974, when its name was changed to Greenock and Port Glasgow. ... The NatWest Three, also known as the Enron Three, are three United Kingdom businessmen—Giles Darby, David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew— who were extradited to the United States on July 13 2006 on charges relating[1] to the collapse of the Enron Corporation in 2001 when they were working for...

External links

• Trish Godman MSP personal site
• Trish Godman MSP official biography at the Scottish Parliament website
• Trish Godman MSP profile at the site of Scottish Labour