Eilidh Whiteford | |
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SNP Work & Pensions Spokesman | |
In office 20 May 2015 – 9 June 2017 | |
Leader | Angus Robertson |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Mhairi Black |
Member of Parliament for Banff and Buchan | |
In office 6 May 2010 – 3 May 2017 | |
Preceded by | Alex Salmond |
Succeeded by | David Duguid |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Aberdeen, Scotland | 24 April 1969
Political party | Scottish National Party |
Spouse | Stephen Smith[2] |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
Occupation | Lecturer, Charity Manager |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Political histories, politicised spaces: discourses of power in the fiction of Alasdair Gray (1997) |
Eilidh Whiteford (born 24 April 1969) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Banff and Buchan from 2010–17.
In the 2010–15 Parliament, she was the SNP's spokesperson for Women; for Fishing, Food and Rural Affairs; and for International Development. During the 2015–17 Parliament, she sat on the Scottish Affairs Select Committee and was the SNP's Westminster Spokesperson for Social Justice, Work and Pensions.[3]