In the
1999 Scottish Parliament election, Grant was elected to a list seat for the
Highlands and Islands region. In the
2003 election, she fought the
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber constituency but came second to
Fergus Ewing of the
Scottish National Party, who held the seat by 1,000 votes. In that election, she also lost her regional list seat. In the
2007 Scottish Parliament election, Grant was again elected as a regional list MSP for Highlands and Islands, as the
Scottish Green Party's vote share collapsed and Labour won three list seats, and she was re-elected in the
2011 election. In 2013, Grant campaigned for filters to be put in place to make the viewing or downloading of
internet pornography more difficult, arguing there had been a significant connection between pornography, the sex industry, abuse and
violence against women. Grant was appointed
Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Women and Equality by new leader
Richard Leonard on 19 November 2017, and was also its parliamentary business manager between 19 November 2017 and 4 October 2018, when she was succeeded by
Neil Findlay. She became
Spokesperson for Finance on 2 September 2019. She served as Spokesperson for Eradication of Poverty and Inequality from April to November 2020 and
Spokesperson for Justice from November 2020 to March 2021. Grant defended Richard Leonard after calls for him to resign in September 2020, saying: Grant nominated
Monica Lennon in the
2021 Scottish Labour leadership election. Grant was one of 5 Labour MSPs who was absent for a Scottish Parliament vote calling for the UK Government to reverse its decision to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment. == Personal life ==