Cathy Peattie

{{Short description|Scottish politician (born 1951)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Cathy Peattie

| honorific-suffix =

| image = Protestcarers4.JPG

| imagesize = 220px

| caption = Peattie (centre) and Cathie Craigie (second from left) in 2008

| office = Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Falkirk East

| term_start = 6 May 1999

| term_end = 22 March 2011

| predecessor = Constituency established

| successor = Angus MacDonald

|birth_name = Catherine Peattie

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Grangemouth, Falkirk, Scotland

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = Scottish

| party = Labour

| spouse = Ian Peattie

| relations = 5 grandchildren

| children = Emma Peattie and Cara Hilton

| residence =

}}

Catherine "Cathy" Peattie (born 24 November 1951, Grangemouth, Falkirk) is a Scottish Labour Party politician.

She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Falkirk East constituency from the 1999 Scottish Parliament election until the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, when she was defeated by Angus MacDonald of the Scottish National Party (SNP).{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/36102.stm | title=Election 2011 – Scotland – Falkirk East | publisher=BBC News | date=11 May 2011 | accessdate=2 July 2022 }}

Peattie served as chair of the Scottish Labour Party from 2019 to 2020, with her daughter Cara Hilton serving as vice-chair during her time in the office and succeeding her as chair.{{Cite web|url=https://scottishlabour.org.uk/about/whos-on-the-sec/|title=Who's on the SEC?|website=Scottish Labour|language=en|access-date=26 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.stv.tv/east-central/239659-cara-hilton-picked-as-labour-candidate-for-dunfermline-by-election/|title=Councillor picked as Labour candidate for Dunfermline by-election|website=STV News|language=en|access-date=26 October 2019}}