Calum Kerr

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Calum Kerr
SNP Spokesperson for Environment and Rural Affairs
In office
20 May 2015 – 9 June 2017
LeaderAngus Robertson
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAngus MacNeil
Member of Parliament
for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
In office
8 May 2015 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byMichael Moore
Succeeded byJohn Lamont
Personal details
BornCalum Robert Kerr
(1972-04-05) 5 April 1972 (age 54)
Galashiels, Scotland, UK
PartyScottish National Party
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews
WebsiteOfficial website

Calum Robert Kerr (born 5 April 1972) is a Scottish National Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk from 2015 to 2017. During his tenure in Parliament, he was the SNP's Environment and Rural Affairs spokesperson in the House of Commons.

Early life

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Kerr was born in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.[1] He attended Peebles High School where his father was the head teacher.[2] Kerr read History at St Andrews University.[3] Prior to politics, he worked in sales for IT companies; including Avaya.

Political career

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The seat, and its predecessors Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale and Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles, had been held by the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Scottish Liberal Party since 1965.[4]

Kerr was elected in the May 2015 general election,[5] unseating the Liberal Democrat incumbent Michael Moore and finishing just 328 votes ahead of John Lamont of the Conservative Party.[6] He was the SNP's Environment and Rural Affairs spokesperson in the House of Commons.[7]

He stood for re-election at the 2017 general election, but was defeated by Lamont, who won a majority of 11,060 votes; the largest Conservative majority gained in a Scottish seat at that election.[8] He stood again in 2019 but was defeated, although he reduced the Conservative majority.

In May 2025, Kerr was selected for the constituency of Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale ahead of the Next Scottish Parliament election.[9]

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