Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP

Biography

Shirley-Anne Somerville was born in Kirkcaldy in 1974. She trained to become a Housing Officer at Stirling University and working briefly for Fife Council.

After the opening of the Scottish Parliament, she worked for the SNP in Parliament before becoming Policy and Public Affairs Officer for the Chartered Institute of Housing.

Until her election she worked for the Royal College of Nursing as Media and Campaigns Officer.

Shirley-Anne joined the SNP when she was 16 and was the SNP candidate for the Kirkcaldy constituency in the 2001 Westminster elections.

She was an election agent in Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh South West in the 2003 and 2005 elections respectively.

She is a previous member of the SNP National Executive Committee and is currently Convener of Edinburgh Central SNP Branch.