Catriona Bhatia
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Councillor The Honourable Catriona Bhatia (née Steel; born the Scottish Borders
) is a Liberal Democrat
politician in Scotland. She has been a councillor in the Scottish Borders
council since 2003 where she is the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrat group. : She is no longer an Executive Member for Education, Bhatia was voted from her education post at Scottish Borders Council after colleagues turned on her for publicly opposing cuts to Nursery Education. Leader David Parker and Deputy Leader Neil Calvert were among 21 councillors who backed a motion by Tweeddale member Gavin Logan to remove Mrs Bhatia from her education post - Mrs Bhatia's eight Liberal Democrat colleagues voted for her to stay.
Bhatia was the Liberal Democrat candidate for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale at the 2010 General Election.
She is married to Rajiv Bhatia, a director of a whisky company. They have four children. She is the daughter of former Liberal leader, Lord Steel, and his wife Judy.
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
) is a Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
politician in Scotland. She has been a councillor in the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
council since 2003 where she is the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrat group. : She is no longer an Executive Member for Education, Bhatia was voted from her education post at Scottish Borders Council after colleagues turned on her for publicly opposing cuts to Nursery Education. Leader David Parker and Deputy Leader Neil Calvert were among 21 councillors who backed a motion by Tweeddale member Gavin Logan to remove Mrs Bhatia from her education post - Mrs Bhatia's eight Liberal Democrat colleagues voted for her to stay.
Bhatia was the Liberal Democrat candidate for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale at the 2010 General Election.
She is married to Rajiv Bhatia, a director of a whisky company. They have four children. She is the daughter of former Liberal leader, Lord Steel, and his wife Judy.