Eilidh Whiteford
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Eilidh Whiteford MP |
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| SNP Spokesperson on Work & Pensions | |
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Assumed office 20 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
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Member of Parliament for Banff and Buchan |
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Assumed office 7 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Alex Salmond |
| Majority | 14,339 (31.4%) |
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24 April 1969 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Stephen Smith |
| Occupation | University Lecturer, Charity Manager |
| Website | Constituency website |
Eilidh Whiteford (born 24 April 1969) is the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Banff and Buchan.
She sits on the Scottish Affairs Select Committee and is the SNP's Westminster Spokesperson for Social Justice, Work and Pensions. In the 2010–15 Parliament she was the SNP's spokesperson for Fishing, Food and Rural Affairs, and International Development.
Whiteford was born in 1969 in Aberdeen and grew up in Macduff, Banffshire, where her parents still live. She attended Banff Academy and has been active in the SNP since joining her local branch in 1986 during the run-up to Alex Salmond's election in 1987. She graduated from Glasgow University with First Class Honours in English and Scottish Literature, followed by postgraduate studies in Canada and Scotland that led to a PhD in 1998. While at university, she became involved with the Federation of Student Nationalists, first as National Organiser and then as President, sitting on the SNP National Executive and acting as party spokesperson on Higher Education. In 1992, she worked in the Peterhead office for Alex Salmond.
She returned to the North East in early 1998 to work for Allan Macartney MEP. After Macartney died in August 1998, she worked for Ian Hudghton MEP until the 1999 elections, and later helped new MSP Irene McGugan establish a constituency office in the first term of the Scottish Parliament.
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