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office</b></span><br />3 September 2019 – 12 August 2020<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/Annie_Wells_(politician)" title="Annie Wells (politician)">Annie Wells</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Carlaw" title="Jackson Carlaw">Jackson Carlaw</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Jackson Carlaw</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Meghan_Gallacher" title="Meghan Gallacher">Meghan Gallacher</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />6 May 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative Party">Scottish Conservative</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Douglas_Ross" title="Shadow Cabinet of Douglas Ross">Shadow portfolios</a></th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2023–present</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Education_and_Skills" title="Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2021–2023</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Net_Zero,_Energy_and_Transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">2017–2021</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Justice">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Matthew Liam Philip Kerr<sup id="cite_ref-who_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-who-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1975-01-23</span>) </span>23 January 1975<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 49)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Law" title="University of Law">University of Law</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Solicitor" title="Solicitor">Solicitor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.liamkerr.org.uk/">Official Website</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Liam Kerr</b> (born 23 January 1975) is a British politician of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservative Party</a>, who served as <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives#Deputy_Leader_of_the_Scottish_Conservative_Party" title="Scottish Conservatives">Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party</a> from 2019 to 2020 and as the Scottish Conservatives’ Shadow <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Justice">Cabinet Secretary for Justice</a> from 2017 to 2021. Kerr has served as <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Education_and_Skills" title="Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills">Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills</a> since 2023 and as a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> (MSP) for the <a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a> region since <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liam_Kerr&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Liam Kerr grew up in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, and was educated at <a href="/wiki/George_Watson%27s_College" title="George Watson's College">George Watson's College</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a>, where he graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts_(Scotland)" title="Master of Arts (Scotland)">MA (Hons.)</a> degree in Sociology in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-who_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-who-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having spent time employed as a chef in an Edinburgh restaurant, upon finishing his education he moved to London, working as a session musician and as a salesman in the telecoms industry. He then studied at the College of Law (now the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Law" title="University of Law">University of Law</a>), gaining a <a href="/wiki/Common_Professional_Examination" title="Common Professional Examination">Common Professional Examination</a> award in 2000 and a Legal Practice Certificate the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-who_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-who-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liam_Kerr&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Initially training as a lawyer with a firm based on the south coast of England, Kerr moved to Aberdeen in 2004 and became an employment lawyer. During his time at Aberdeen, he has given lectures at <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gordon_University" title="Robert Gordon University">Robert Gordon University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Aberdeen" title="University of Aberdeen">University of Aberdeen</a>, been a director of two charities, and performed classical and jazz piano. </p><p>Kerr has been an accredited specialist employment lawyer since 2015. Prior to his election, he operated his own practice. </p><p>He is a member and former chairman of the Aberdeen 100 Round Table, and a former member of St Fittick Rotary club. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liam_Kerr&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kerr is the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a>' Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice.<sup id="cite_ref-scotland_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scotland-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives#Deputy_Leader_of_the_Scottish_Conservative_Party" title="Scottish Conservatives">Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party</a>, alongside <a href="/wiki/Annie_Wells_(politician)" title="Annie Wells (politician)">Annie Wells</a>, under <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Carlaw" title="Jackson Carlaw">Jackson Carlaw</a>. However, they both were dismissed and the post was abolished shortly after <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Ross_(Scottish_politician)" title="Douglas Ross (Scottish politician)">Douglas Ross</a> became Scottish Conservative leader in August 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, he stood for the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> as the Conservative candidate in <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Donside_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen Donside (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen Donside</a>, coming second to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mark_McDonald_(politician)" title="Mark McDonald (politician)">Mark McDonald</a>, then was elected on the regional list.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2017, Kerr was appointed by the Scottish Conservatives as their for spokesperson for Justice in the Scottish Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He sits on the Justice Committee and is deputy convenor of the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2021 Kerr voted for a motion of no confidence in <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a> alleging that she had knowingly misled <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2021 Scottish election Kerr stood for the Aberdeen South and North Kincardine seat and came second to the SNP. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liam_Kerr&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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