[1] Eadie was a member of Fife Regional Council before being elected the Scottish Parliament in 1999.

[2] When Labour was in power in the Scottish Executive, Eadie called for an end to tolls on the Forth Road Bridge.

[3] After the May 2003 Scottish parliament election, Eadie strongly opposed the then Labour–Liberal Democrat coalition's agreed deal to introduce the single transferable vote (STV) proportional system for future local council elections.

Eadie said at the time, the move was like "putting Attila the Hun in charge of community care".

[4] In 2013, it emerged she was being treated for cancer at the Queen Margaret Hospital, following diagnosis at the end of October.