Joanna Cherry
| Joanna Cherry QC MP |
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| SNP Spokesperson on Home Affairs and Justice | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West |
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| Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Alistair Darling |
| Majority | 8,135 (15.8%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joanna Catherine Cherry 18 March 1966 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Joanna Catherine Cherry QC (born 18 March 1966[1]) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South West since May 2015.[2][3][4] She is the SNP Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson in the House of Commons.
Cherry was educated at St Margaret's Convent School in Edinburgh [5] and the University of Edinburgh, where she gained a first-class Bachelor of Laws Honours degree in 1988, a Master of Laws degree in 1989 and a Diploma in Legal Practice in 1990. Following her graduation she worked as a research assistant with the Scottish Law Commission (1990) before practising as a solicitor with the Edinburgh legal firm Brodies WS until 1995. She also worked as a part-time tutor in constitutional law, family law and civil court practice at the University of Edinburgh (1990–1996).
Cherry was admitted as an advocate in 1995, with a particular interest in employment and industrial relations, health and safety, mental health, personal injury and professional negligence.[citation needed]
She served as a Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Government from 2003 to 2008, and as an Advocate Depute and Senior Advocate Depute from 2008 until 2011. She was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2009[6] and was an advocate with the Arnot Manderson stable within the Faculty of Advocates until her election to parliament.[citation needed]
In 2014, she set up the "Lawyers for Yes" campaign group.[7]
Cherry self-identifies as LGBT.[8]
References
- ↑ Birth certificate of Joanna Catherine Cherry, 18 March 1966, Edinburgh District 328/87 3849 – National Records of Scotland
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External links
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
- Joanna Cherry on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Profile on SNP website
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West 2015–present |
Incumbent |
- Articles with unsourced statements from May 2015
- 1966 births
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- LGBT politicians from Scotland
- Living people
- Members of the Faculty of Advocates
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies
- People from Edinburgh
- Scottish National Party MPs
- Scottish Queen's Counsel
- UK MPs 2015–20
