Sheila Gilmore was born on 1 October 1949 and is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East from 2010 to 2015.
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Sheila Gilmore studied History and Politics at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
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Sheila Gilmore then taught for two years in Glasgow and Dunfermline.
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Sheila Gilmore then returned to the University of Edinburgh to study law.
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Sheila Gilmore then went on to work for a private law practice in Edinburgh focusing on family law.
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Sheila Gilmore represented clients receiving legal aid in cases involving divorce, domestic abuse, child protection and adoption.
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Sheila Gilmore was a member of the Labour Party as a teenager but joined the International Marxist Group during the 1970s.
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Sheila Gilmore left in 1976 to join the Scottish Labour Party, a breakaway from the official Labour Party led by Jim Sillars.
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Sheila Gilmore retained this position until she stood down from the council in 2007.
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Sheila Gilmore stood for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Edinburgh Pentlands in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections, but came second to the Conservative Party candidate David McLetchie.
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Sheila Gilmore beat lawyer Catriona Munro, City of Edinburgh councillors Norma Hart and Angela Blacklock, and local party activist Karen Doran.
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The 2010 UK general election was held on 6 May 2010, and Sheila Gilmore was one of six candidates for the constituency of Edinburgh East.
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Sheila Gilmore lost the seat to Tommy Sheppard of the SNP at the 2015 general election.