Andy Kerr (Scottish politician)
| Andy Kerr | |
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| Minister for Health and Community Care | |
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In office 6 October 2004 – 16 May 2007 |
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| First Minister | Jack McConnell |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Chisholm |
| Succeeded by |
Nicola Sturgeon (as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing) |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Kilbride |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | new constituency |
| Succeeded by | Linda Fabiani |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 March 1962 East Kilbride, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
| Alma mater | Glasgow Caledonian University |
Andy Kerr (born 17 March 1962, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire) is a Scottish Labour politician and former Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Kilbride constituency, a seat which he held from 1999 until 2011.
In November 2006, he won the Scottish Politician of the Year award in recognition of his work to bring in the smoking ban in public places. Following the Scottish Labour Party's poor results in the 2007 election he was also thought of as a possible successor to Jack McConnell.
Kerr was educated at Claremont High School in East Kilbride and obtained a BA in Social Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Prior to being elected to the Scottish Parliament, he was a senior officer in Glasgow City Council land services department and served as an adviser in the Leader's office. He was also founder and managing director of Achieving, a quality assurance consultancy.
He was convener of the Scottish Parliament's Transport and Environment Committee and served on the Confederation of British Industry working group designed to bring Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) and business closer together as well as being on the cross-party group on ageing and the elderly.
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