Christine May

{{Short description|Scottish politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{BLP sources|date=July 2007}}

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|name = Christine May

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|constituency_MP = Central Fife

|parliament = Scottish

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|term_start = 1 May 2003

|term_end = 2 April 2007

|predecessor = Henry McLeish

|successor = Tricia Marwick

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|03|23|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

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|party = Labour Co-operative}}

Christine May (born 23 March 1948, in Dublin) is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician. She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Central Fife constituency from 2003 to 2007.{{cite news|title=Gordon Brown faces new by-election test after death of MP John MacDougall|date=14 August 2008|author=Kevin Schofield|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/08/14/gordon-brown-faces-new-by-election-test-after-death-of-mp-john-macdougall-86908-20696370|accessdate=19 July 2010|publisher=Scottish Daily Record}}

Raised and educated in Dublin, Christine worked in the catering industry in Dublin and then London, and first moved to Scotland in 1984, where she became a college lecturer.{{cn|date=January 2022}}

She was elected to the Central Fife seat after former First Minister Henry McLeish stood down as MSP following a scandal relating to the sub-letting of his constituency office – dubbed "Officegate" by the media. She had previously been leader of Fife Council from 1998. She represented a ward in Kirkcaldy as a councillor, and still lives in the town, which is just outside the Central Fife constituency. Her constituency office was based in Glenrothes, adjacent to Fife Council's headquarters.{{cn|date=January 2022}}

In 2007, she lost her constituency to SNP politician Tricia Marwick.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/defeats-in-key-seats-but-still-a-victorious-evening-1.857356|accessdate=19 July 2010|title=Defeats in key seats, but still a victorious evening|newspaper=The Herald|location=Glasgow|author=Martyn McLaughlin|date=4 May 2007}}