1. Deidre Leanne Brock was born on 8 December 1961 and is an Australian-born Scottish National Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North and Leith from 2015 to 2024.
11 Facts About Deidre Brock
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Deidre Brock is the first SNP representative to hold the seat at either a Westminster or Scottish Parliament level.
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Deirdre Deidre Brock was born on 8 December 1961 in Perth, Western Australia.
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Deidre Brock's father had emigrated from England to Australia in his teens, making her a dual British and Australian national.
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Deidre Brock studied English at Curtin University and graduated with a BA, then studied acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
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Deidre Brock moved to Scotland in 1996 to live with her partner, having met him when she visited the country on holiday a year earlier.
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Deidre Brock worked for Rob Gibson before she was elected to the City of Edinburgh Council as an SNP councillor for the Leith Walk ward in 2007.
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Deidre Brock was re-elected in the 2012 elections, again topping the poll with 1,735 first preferences, and became the Deputy Lord Provost of Edinburgh as the SNP and Scottish Labour formed an arrangement to run the council.
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Deidre Brock was one of several SNP MPs who took their parliamentary oaths in both Gaelic and English.
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From July 2018 to May 2019, Deidre Brock was the Shadow SNP Spokesperson for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Deidre Brock was previously the Spokesperson for Devolved Government Relations, Northern Ireland and Fair Work and Employment.