Liz Smith | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:ElizabethSmithMSP20110508.JPG) Official portrait, 2011 | |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2007 | |
| Scottish Conservative Shadow portfolios | |
| 2023–present | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government |
| 2021–2023 | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy |
| 2020–2021 | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform |
| Feb–Aug 2020 | Chief Whip of the Scottish Conservative Party |
| 2016–2020 | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elizabeth Jane Smith 27 February 1960 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish Conservatives |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Profession | Schoolteacher, Cricketer |
| Cricket information | |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast |
| International information | |
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| ODI debut (cap 7) | 10 August 2001 v England |
| Last ODI | 12 August 2001 v Netherlands |
Source: Cricinfo, 22 September 2020 | |
Elizabeth Jane Smith CBE (born 27 February 1960) is a Scottish politician who has been Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Mid Scotland and Fife since 2007. A member of the Scottish Conservative Party, she has served as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Security since 2024.
Before entering parliament, Smith was a schoolteacher and political researcher, as well as an amateur sportswoman, representing the Scottish women's cricket team. She was first elected in 2007 and re-elected in 2011 and 2016, having earlier stood unsuccessfully for the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 2001 general election in the Perth constituency, where she missed out to the SNP by just 48 votes. She stood as a constituency candidate in the Perth constituency at the Scottish Parliament in 2007 and again in the newly established Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency in both 2011 and 2016, missing out by 1,422 votes in 2016. Smith served as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills from 2016 to 2020, after which she became Chief Whip, then served as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform from 2020 to 2021 and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government until 2024.