Jenny Marra
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Jenny Marra MSP |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland |
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Assumed office 5 May 2011 |
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Jennifer Margaret Marra 6 November 1977 Dundee, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Labour |
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University of St Andrews Emory University |
Jennifer Margaret "Jenny" Marra (born 6 November 1977) is a Scottish Labour Party politician representing the North East Scotland electoral region in the Scottish Parliament since 2011.
Born in Dundee in 1977, she attended St John's High School before going to study history at St Andrews University, where she won a scholarship to Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She returned to her home town and spent five years promoting Dundee as a location for students, research and investment as Head of Press at Dundee University. After a stint as the Labour MEPs spokesperson in Brussels and Strasbourg, Marra took a Scots law degree and qualified in both Scots and English law and Scottish legal practice. She is member of the GMB, Community and Amnesty International. She was Labour's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport. In addition to her party posts, Marra was also the Convenor for the Cross Party Group on Deafness. She is a niece of the late musician Michael Marra. In the 2014 Scottish Labour Party leadership election, Marra acted as Co-Chair of Jim Murphy’s campaign.
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