Sylvia Jackson

For the British canoer, see Sylvia Jackson (canoeist).

Sylvia Jackson (3 December 1946 – 27 July 2022) was a Scottish Labour Party politician, and former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP).

Sylvia Jackson
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Stirling
In office 6 May 1999 – 2 April 2007
Preceded by	New Parliament
Succeeded by	Bruce Crawford
Personal details
Born	(1946-12-03)3 December 1946 Lincolnshire, England
Died	27 July 2022(2022-07-27) (aged 75) Winchester, England
Political party	Scottish Labour Party

In the Scottish Parliament election on 3 May 2007, she lost the Stirling constituency, which she had held since 1999, to Bruce Crawford of the SNP.

Prior to her election she has worked as a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and as a chemistry teacher.

Jackson died from cancer at a hospice in Winchester, on 27 July 2022, at the age of 75.^[1][2]