Shirley-Anne Somerville
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | |
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| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothians |
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| In office 31 August 2007 – 22 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Stefan Tymkewycz |
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| Born | 2 September 1974 Kirkcaldy, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater | University of Stirling |
| Website | www.shirleyannesomerville.org |
Shirley-Anne Somerville (born 2 September 1974) was a Scottish politician and SNP MSP for the Lothians region from 2007 to 2011.
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[edit] Early life
Somerville was born on 2 September 1974 in Kirkcaldy[1] and attended Kirkcaldy High School, followed by the University of Strathclyde, where she took a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics and Politics (1996), the University of Stirling, where she took a Diploma in Housing Studies (1999), and Queen Margaret University College, where she took a Diploma in Public Relations. She worked as a parliamentary researcher for Duncan Hamilton MSP from 1999–2001, then as a Policy and Public Affairs Officer at the Chartered Institute of Housing from 2001 to 2004, and as a Media and Campaigns Officer at the Royal College of Nursing from 2004 to 2007.[2]
[edit] Scottish Parliament
Somerville had stood as the SNP's candidate for Kirkcaldy at the 2001 UK general election, where she came in 2nd place with 22.2% of the vote, and for the Edinburgh Central constituency in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, where she came in 3rd place with 25.5% of the vote. On 31 August 2007, Stefan Tymkewycz resigned his seat in the Scottish Parliament representing the Lothians region in order to concentrate on serving as a City of Edinburgh councillor,[3] and Somerville was selected to succeed him.
Somerville has spoken in favour of the legalisation of Same-sex marriage in Scotland before the Public Petitions Committee,[4] stating that "Civil partnerships have been a positive step forward from what we had in the past, but there still remains an inequality in the law."[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Scottish Parliament - Current Members - Shirley-Anne Somerville
- ^ SOMERVILLE, Shirley-Anne, Who's Who 2009, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2008
- ^ MSP announces move to step down
- ^ Public Petitions Committee Official Report 16th June 2009
- ^ Public Petitions Committee Official Report 17th March 2009
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