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    Sandra Osborne

    Labour Party | Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock

    Domestic campaigns


    Sandra with the former Prime Minister

    Sandra with the former Prime Minister

    Sandra Osborne campaigning in Girvan

    Sandra campaigning at Ayr racecourse

    Sandra campaigning for justice for pensioners

    "Is the Prime Minister aware that in my constituency..?"

    Carrick Crime Prevention Panel

    In House of Commons with ex Scotland Manager, George Burley from Cumnock

    Carrick Crime Prevention Panel

    Sandra and local Keir Hardie campaigner Bill Dick outside Cumnock Town Hall at the bust of Keir Hardie. Sandra has tabled an Early Day Motion to honour Keir Hardie by relocating his House of Commons bust to a more prominant location where the public would see it when visiting Parliament

    Carrick Crime Prevention Panel

    Sandra held 10 public meetings to fight Post Office closures

    Sandra held 10 public meetings to fight Post Office closures

    Supporting North Ayr Resource Centre's fight to retain funding

    Supporting North Ayr Resource Centre's fight to retain funding

    With Secretary of State for Scotland, Jim Murphy and Bob Leitch of Chamber of Commerce at local Business Summit

    With Secretary of State for Scotland, Jim Murphy and Bob Leitch of Chamber of Commerce at local Business Summit

    With MP colleagues and others supporting Temporary and Agency Workers Rights

    With MP colleagues and others supporting Temporary and Agency Workers Rights

    Dumfries House

    Dumfries House saved for the nation; In Cumnock with Prince Charles

    Dumfries House saved for the nation; In Cumnock with Prince Charles

    2005 declaration

    After declaration of Ayr Carrick and Cumnock result 2005

    After declaration of Ayr Carrick and Cumnock result 2005

    Veterans Badge presentation ceremony

    Sandra hosting Veterans Badge presentation ceremony with Lord Lieutenant and Secretary of State for Defence

    Petition for Post Office Card Account


    Presenting Petition for Post Office Card Account to Minister

    Cash Machine Transparency

    Sandra Osborne supports the campaign

    Sandra is supporting a new campaign to protect the free cash machine network and ensure that consumers who do not want to pay charges are able to make that choice (see Press Release 28 November)

    UEF Pensions

    Sandra has campaigned for three years to get compensation for the UEF workers in Ayr who lost their pensions after going into administration. The Government have brought in a Pension Protection Fund to safeguard future losses and now as a result of the campaign by Trade Unions and MPs like Sandra, the government have agreed to a compensation package for the 60,000 workers, including UEF, who had already lost their pensions.


    Campaigning on Breast Cancer

    South Ayrshire Miners' Compensation

    Sandra and George Foulkes with the Minister, Nigel Griffiths and cheque for £32m compensation to miners and their families

    Sandra and George Foulkes with the Minister, Nigel Griffiths and cheque for £32m compensation to miners and their families

    At Pennyvenie Open Cast Mine Dalmellington

    At Pennyvenie Open Cast Mine Dalmellington

    International politics


    Sandra in North Korea

    Sandra in North Korea

    In Columbia with Christian Aid

    With Iraqi Women

    With President Talibani of Iraq

    Holocaust Day Memorial Book

    Cut the Carbon March

    Sandra welcomes Christian Aid's Cut the Carbon Marchers to Ayrshire

    Fairtrade

    Sandra supports Fairtrade campaign at every opportunity

    The Beat goes on

    On Saturday 8 July, at 12 noon, thousands of people took part in a world record attempt to drum home the trade justice message to the UK government.


    Sandra joined Christian Aid activists in Ayr to form just one of 120 noisy, colourful events at festivals, fairs and in town centres throughout the country

    India

    Sandra took part in a delegation of Labour women MPs to India. The visit included discussions on various aspects of women's position in India; bilateral trade between India and the UK and the security situation relating to the Kashmir dispute with India. The group also visited a project funded by the UK Department of International Development in a slum area of West Bengal.

    International Development

    Sandra has worked closely with the international development campaign organisations and NGOs to promote debt relief, development support and fair trade for the world's poorest countries

    Human Rights

    MP held by Colombian Death Squad!
    Sandra supports human rights campaigns in Colombia and other countries.

    Sandra and Jim Murphy MP with Palestinian academic and human rights activist, Hanan Ashrawi

    Sandra and Jim Murphy MP with Palestinian academic and human rights activist, Hanan Ashrawi

    Shirin Obadi

    Sandra in Tehran with Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist, Shirin Obadi

    Sabdra Osborne visits British war graves in Gaza 2

    At British 1st World War Graves in Gaza with Ibrahim Jerradeh, the Palestinian man who has looked after these graves since 1958.

    Latest Press Releases

    • MP attacks government proposals to cut funding for local groups
    • Local MP raises the future of the site of the former Davidson Hospital in Girvan
    • MP campaigns with All Party Parliamentary Osteoporosis Group and National Osteoporosis Society
    • Quote from Sandra Osborne on recent news articles re CSA non payment/arrears
    • MP campaigns to raise awareness of Mesothelioma
    • Tory Lib Dem Budget picks on the poor
    • Sandra Osborne MP campaigns against repeal of hunting act
    • MP slams coalition government's plans to Abolish Child Trust Funds
    • Boiler scrappage scheme closed
    • Sandra Osborne presents Ayrshire Petition to Parliament condemning Israeli Government's attack on the aid ships and their blockade of Gaza
    • Press Releases Archive

    Latest Speeches

    • Middle East Debate
    • Foreign Policy Queen's Speech
    • Labour and International Development
    • Sandra's speech on welfare reform
    • Child Poverty In Scotland
    • More Women MPs-“If not now, when?”
    • Pensions Bill
    • Pensions Speech
    • Endowment Mis-selling (Scotland)
    • Amnesty Rally : Violence Against Women
    • Speech Archive

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