Emma Harper

Emma Harper MSP

Member of the Scottish Parliament for South Scotland
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2016
Personal details
Born	Stranraer
Political party	Scottish National Party

Emma Harper is a Scottish politician who is a Scottish National Party (SNP) member of Scottish Parliament for the South Scotland region, elected in the Scottish Parliament election, 2016.^[1]

Harper was born in Stranraer.^[2] She is trained as a nurse.^[2]

Political career

Harper joined the SNP in 2010.^[2]

In 2015 she stood for the UK Parliament as SNP candidate for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale where she finished second.

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the South Scotland region

Elected in the 2016 election

Constituency MSPs	John Scott (Con, Ayr) Jeane Freeman (SNP, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) Aileen Campbell (SNP, Clydesdale) Oliver Mundell (Con, Dumfriesshire) Iain Gray (Lab, East Lothian) John Lamont (Con, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) Finlay Carson (Con, Galloway and West Dumfries) Willie Coffey (SNP, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) Christine Grahame (SNP, Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale)

Additional members	Claudia Beamish (Lab) Rachael Hamilton (Con) Emma Harper (SNP) Joan McAlpine (SNP) Colin Smyth (Lab) Paul Wheelhouse (SNP) Brian Whittle (Con)

SNP (7 seats), Conservative (6 seats), Labour (3 seats)

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