Deidre Brock

Deidre Brock
MP
SNP Spokesperson on the Scottish Parliament
Assumed office
20 May 2015
Preceded by Position established
Member of Parliament
for Edinburgh North and Leith
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by Mark Lazarowicz
Majority 5,597 (9.6%)
Personal details
Born Deidre Leanne Brock
(1961-11-23) 23 November 1961
Perth, Australia
Political party Scottish National Party
Alma mater Curtin University
Western Australian Academy
of Performing Arts
Website Official website

Deidre Leanne Brock is an Australian-born Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh North and Leith since May 2015 — the first SNP representative to hold the seat at either a Westminster or Scottish Parliament level.[1]

Early life

Brock was born in Western Australia and grew up in Perth. She studied English at Curtin University and graduated with a BA, then studied acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.[2] In 1990, while working as an actor she appeared in an episode of the soap opera Home and Away. She moved to Scotland in 1996 to live with her partner, having met him when she visited the country on holiday a year earlier.[2]

Political career

Brock worked for Rob Gibson MSP before being elected as a SNP Councillor on the City of Edinburgh Council for the Leith Walk ward in 2007 where she topped the poll with 2,550 first preferences. She was re-elected in the 2012 elections, again topping the poll with 1,735 first preferences, and subsequently became the Deputy Lord Provost for Council as the SNP and the Scottish Labour Party formed an arrangement to run the Council.

She was elected as MP for Edinburgh North and Leith in 2015 as part of the SNP landslide receiving 23,742 votes (a 40.9% share), defeating the Labour Party MP, Mark Lazarowicz, by 5,597 votes.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Members returned to Parliament at the General Election 2015 Scotland". The Edinburgh Gazette. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Hannan, Martin (29 May 2015). "Meet your new Scottish MPs: #15 Deirdre Brock Edinburgh North and Leith". The National. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Edinburgh North and Leith Parliamentary constituency". BBC. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Tufft, Ben (8 May 2015). "Scottish MPs in Westminster: The full list of the SNP parliamentarians". The Independent. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Mark Lazarowicz		 Member of Parliament
for Edinburgh North and Leith
2015–present 		Incumbent
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