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Motion · S6M-13403 · 28 May 2024

Madge Elliot MBE

Lodged by Christine Grahame Standard Motion 25 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament notes with sadness the passing of Madge Elliot MBE on 25 May 2024, aged 95; recognises that Madge, from Hawick, was a veteran local campaigner who opposed the closure of the Waverley Railway Line in the 1960s, that she notably hand-delivered a petition, signed by 11,768 people, to Prime Minister Harold Wilson at 10 Downing Street on 18 December 1968, and subsequently continued to campaign for its reopening in the decades that followed its closure, which eventually saw a locomotive named in her honour when the line partially reopened as the Borders Railway in 2015; understands that Madge did not restrict her community campaigning to the railways, and recently successfully campaigned for the reopening of Teviot Day Service; believes that Madge, who was herself a force of nature, represented the very best of communities working together to improve their areas, and sends its deepest sympathies to her loved ones on their loss.

Supporters (25)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.