Anne Picking
| Anne Moffat | |
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Member of Parliament for East Lothian |
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In office 8 June 2001 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | John Home Robertson |
| Succeeded by | Fiona O'Donnell |
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30 March 1958 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | ? Picking (?-c. 2003) Lawrence McCran (2009–present) |
| Children | 1 |
Anne Moffat, Mrs. Picking (born 30 March 1958) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lothian from 2001 to 2010. She was deselected by her Constituency Labour Party and replaced by Fiona O'Donnell.
Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1958, she is of the Moffat family of East Lothian and Fife, but was known by her married name, Anne Picking. She contested the 2005 election under her married name, despite having been divorced for two years, so as not to confuse the voters. Following the election she returned to her maiden name. She attended Woodmill High School in Dunfermline before embarking on a career in nursing.
She joined the Fife Health Board in 1975 as a nursing assistant, becoming a pupil nurse in 1977, before becoming a State Enrolled Nurse in 1978 working at the Lynebank Hospital in Dunfermline. In 1978 she left Fife and joined the Northern Ireland Eastern Health Service in 1980, leaving in 1983 as a staff nurse.
She moved to England in 1983 and joined the East Kent Community Health Care Trust as a staff nurse. She became a councillor in 1994 on the Ashford Borough Council where she served until 2000. She has been a member of the National Executive Committee since 1990. Moffat is also a member of UNISON and the Trades Union Congress's General Purposes Committee.
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