Carol Mochan to stand for Scottish Labour
11 January
Carol Mochan has been selected to fight Carrick Cumnock & Doon Valley for Scottish Labour in next May’s Scottish Parliament Election. Carol was also the Scottish Labour candidate here in 2016.
Carol is a mum-of-two, grew up in Ayrshire, and attended Girvan Primary School and Auchinleck Academy.
Carol said
“I was brought up in a family that truly valued people, communities and fairness for all. This has stayed with me throughout my life and continues to motivate me now.
I worked in the NHS for 17 years and during this time I built up a wealth of experience around the needs of people and the extent of inequality within our society. Whilst working in the NHS I was a dedicated and active trade union member. I am proud that the trade union movement shaped my early adulthood and consolidated my core values and belief in social justice.
Today I run a small family business and consider myself a community activist. I have over recent years held many roles within my community - a member of my community council and community association, chair of our parent led toddler group, part of our school parent council and actively campaigned to ensure people and communities have a say in decision making and are able to hold politicians to account. I led the campaign for community funding to continue our pre school service and was a key member of the negotiation team when our local council wanted to withdraw funding to our community centre.
I want to see more decisions being made at a community level. I want to see politicians being held to account on the way our schools and NHS perform and on ensuring vulnerable and elderly are cared for. I care about the future of our communities and I believe the Scottish Parliament and its MSPs have a duty to ensure the day to day lives of people are improved. To do this we need elected representatives rooted in their communities.
I feel proud to be a Scottish Labour member, proud of our great achievments on Social Care, the NHS, lifting families out of poverty. I want the opportunity to work relentlessly to ensure Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley has the best possible representation from its local MSP - a Labour MSP.”
11 January
Carol Mochan has been selected to fight Carrick Cumnock & Doon Valley for Scottish Labour in next May’s Scottish Parliament Election. Carol was also the Scottish Labour candidate here in 2016.
Carol is a mum-of-two, grew up in Ayrshire, and attended Girvan Primary School and Auchinleck Academy.
Carol said
“I was brought up in a family that truly valued people, communities and fairness for all. This has stayed with me throughout my life and continues to motivate me now.
I worked in the NHS for 17 years and during this time I built up a wealth of experience around the needs of people and the extent of inequality within our society. Whilst working in the NHS I was a dedicated and active trade union member. I am proud that the trade union movement shaped my early adulthood and consolidated my core values and belief in social justice.
Today I run a small family business and consider myself a community activist. I have over recent years held many roles within my community - a member of my community council and community association, chair of our parent led toddler group, part of our school parent council and actively campaigned to ensure people and communities have a say in decision making and are able to hold politicians to account. I led the campaign for community funding to continue our pre school service and was a key member of the negotiation team when our local council wanted to withdraw funding to our community centre.
I want to see more decisions being made at a community level. I want to see politicians being held to account on the way our schools and NHS perform and on ensuring vulnerable and elderly are cared for. I care about the future of our communities and I believe the Scottish Parliament and its MSPs have a duty to ensure the day to day lives of people are improved. To do this we need elected representatives rooted in their communities.
I feel proud to be a Scottish Labour member, proud of our great achievments on Social Care, the NHS, lifting families out of poverty. I want the opportunity to work relentlessly to ensure Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley has the best possible representation from its local MSP - a Labour MSP.”
