Liz Smith (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Liz Smith (politician)

Scottish Conservative Party politician

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1960

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: politician, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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Elizabeth Jane "Liz" Smith (born 27 February 1960) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who is a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Mid Scotland and Fife.
She was first elected in 2007 and re-elected in 2011 and 2016, having earlier stood unsuccessfully for the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 2001 general election in the Perth constituency, where missed out to the SNP by just 48 votes.
She stood as a constituency candidate in the Perth constituency at the Scottish Parliament in 2007 and again in the newly established Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency in both 2011 and 2016, missing out by 1,422 votes in 2016.
She is shadow cabinet secretary for education and skills. Before entering parliament, Smith was a schoolteacher and political researcher, as well as an amateur sportswoman, representing the Scottish women's cricket team.