Claire Baker
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Claire Baker MSP |
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| Deputy Convener of the Scottish Parliament Education and Culture Committee |
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In office 14 June 2011 – 21 December 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Kenneth Gibson |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife |
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Assumed office 3 May 2007 |
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Claire Josephine Brennan 4 March 1971 |
| Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Baker |
Claire Josephine Baker (née Brennan; born 4 March 1971) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, and a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife since 2007.
Claire Baker was born on 4 March 1971 in Dunfermline to Margaret (née Edgar) and James Brennan. She grown up in Kelty, and attended primary and secondary schools in Fife. She studied for an MA (Hons) in English Language and Literature at the University of Edinburgh and in 1997 was awarded a Ph.D from the University of Glasgow.
In 1998 Baker published a Critical Guide to the Poetry of Sylvia Plath.
In 2004 she is married to Richard Baker, who was formerly a MSP for North East Scotland. The couple have one daughter.
Baker worked in a variety of research and policy posts. This included working as a Research Officer for the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Group from 1999-2002, Research Officer for the trade union Amicus from 2002-2004, and as Research and Information Manager at the Royal College of Nursing, Scotland from 2004-2005. Immediately prior to being elected to the Scottish Parliament, she was Policy Manager for the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, the umbrella body for charities and community and voluntary organisations in Scotland.
In May 2007 she was elected for the Mid Scotland and Fife region.
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