Siobhian Brown (born 20 October 1972) is a Scottish politician serving as the

Member of the Scottish Parliament Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP; gd, Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, BPA; sco, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament, MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. Electoral system The add ...

(MSP) for Ayr since

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. A member of the

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(SNP), she was a councillor for the Ayr West ward of

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. Born in

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and raised in Australia, she was elected to the

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in the May 2021 election. Brown has served as Convener of the COVID-19 Recovery Committee since June 2021.

Political career

Brown joined the

the day after the

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. She was elected to

for the Ayr West ward in the 2017 Scottish local election.

Scottish Parliament

In November 2020, she was selected as the SNP's candidate for the Ayr constituency in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. In May 2021, she was elected as a member of the Scottish Parliament for Ayr with a majority of 170 votes, defeating the incumbent

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who had been the

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' longest serving MSP.

Personal life

Born in London to Scottish parents, Brown emigrated to Sydney, Australia when she was three years old. After travelling around the world working in Spain, Italy, London and Scotland, she moved to Ayrshire—where her parents are from—in 1999. Brown has four children (including a step-daughter), with her youngest being born when she was 44 years old. In 2016 she founded the South Ayrshire Babybank and remains a volunteer for the organisation.

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* 1970s births Year of birth uncertain Living people Scottish National Party MSPs Members of the Scottish Parliament 2021–2026 Scottish National Party councillors Female members of the Scottish Parliament People associated with South Ayrshire Councillors in Ayrshire Scottish emigrants to Australia Women councillors in Scotland {{MSP-stub