Angela Constance (born 15 July 1970) is the Scottish Government Minister for Youth Employment and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Almond Valley (formerly Livingston) since 2007.
She was born in Blackburn, West Lothian, and raised in Addiewell and West Calder. While studying at the University of Glasgow she was elected President of Glasgow University Students' Representative Council, where her sabbatical vice president was Alasdair Allan, now SNP MSP for the Western Isles.
Before her election to Holyrood, Constance worked as a social worker and was a councillor for West Lothian Council where she was the SNP spokesperson for children services and lifelong learning. She also stood for the SNP in the Livingston by-election, 2005.
After her election to Holyrood, Constance announced she was expecting her first child in October 2007.