Catherine Stihler was the youngest MEP in Europe when she was first elected in 1999, as the third Labour MEP for Scotland. She worked for Aberdeen South MP Anne Begg and is a former young Labour representative on Labour's national executive committee. She has an MA in international relations and an M.Litt in international security studies, both from St Andrews University, where she was also the president of the students' union in 1994. She has been Deputy Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) since 2004. Contested Angus (as Catherine Taylor) in the 1997 General election.

The main themes of her campaign were:

• Get tough on Anti-Social behaviour.

• Say No to SNP & Liberal Local Income Tax.

• Vote Labour OR risk waking up to an SNP MP on Friday morning.

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