Eva Bolander
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Anderston/City (2015–17)
Eva Bolander | |
|---|---|
| Councillor, Glasgow City Council | |
| Assumed office 6 August 2015 | |
| Constituency | Anderston/City/Yorkhill Anderston/City (2015–17) |
| Lord Provost of Glasgow | |
| In office 18 May 2017 – 30 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sadie Docherty |
| Succeeded by | Philip Braat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| Children | 2[1] |
Eva Bolander is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She sits as a councillor for the Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward, having first been elected in a by-election in 2015.[1]
She was the Lord Provost of Glasgow, elected in May 2017,[2] the first member of the SNP to hold this post.
In October 2019, she came under scrutiny for spending on shoes, clothes and cosmetics. The £8,000 she spent over 28-months in office was within the £5,000 annual allowance but it was still considered excessive by some of the public.[3] The day after the figures were published, Bolander apologised, stating "Although the spending incurred was within the rules, on reflection there are items which I should not have chosen to reclaim" and stated that she would repay some of the money.[4] In the wake of the criticism over her expenses claims, Bolander resigned as Lord Provost on 30 October 2019.[5]
