SNP Spokesperson for Home Affairs in the House of Commons
In office 20 May 2015 – 1 February 2021
Leader
Angus Robertson Ian Blackford
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Stuart McDonald
SNP Spokesperson for Justice in the House of Commons
In office 20 May 2015 – 1 February 2021
Leader
Angus Robertson Ian Blackford
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Anne McLaughlin
Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 January 2024
Preceded by
Harriet Harman
In office 21 July 2022 – 26 June 2023
Preceded by
Harriet Harman
Succeeded by
Harriet Harman
Personal details
Born
Joanna Catherine Cherry
(1966-03-18) 18 March 1966 (age 58) Edinburgh, Scotland
Political party
Scottish National Party (2008-present)
Other political affiliations
Labour (1980s) [1]
Alma mater
University of Edinburgh
Joanna Catherine CherryKC (born 18 March 1966) is a Scottish politician and lawyer serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South West since 2015. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she was the party's Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice in the House of Commons from 2015 to 2021.
^Bircham, Josh; Costello, Grant (November 2015). "52. Joanna Cherry". We are the 56. Freight Books. ISBN 978-1910449516.
Joanna Catherine Cherry KC (born 18 March 1966) is a Scottish politician and lawyer serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South West...
election. After Sturgeon announced her resignation, Regan and the SNP MP JoannaCherry, also opposed to the bill, argued that former members who had recently...
reported that Black had a "blazing row" with her fellow SNP colleague, JoannaCherry, after the latter questioned her decision to visit a primary school...
said it would "take the time to consider the findings". SNP politician JoannaCherry called for an overhaul to services in Scotland for gender-questioning...
human". In February 2021, Blackman clashed on Twitter with fellow MP JoannaCherry about transgender rights. In November 2021, Blackman wrote a tweet on...
fellow MP JoannaCherry. In October 2022, The Daily Telegraph reported that, with fellow "gender critical" parliamentarians JoannaCherry and Anne Jenkin...
violation of Twitter's terms of service. On May 1, 2019, Scottish MP JoannaCherry referenced the reply to Lewis while questioning a Twitter employee on...
the organisation hosted its own conference, with guests including MPs JoannaCherry (SNP), Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) and Rosie Duffield (Labour)...
Sturgeon, announced her resignation as first minister on 15 February 2023, JoannaCherry, an SNP MP, called for Murrell to step down as CEO of the party stating...
(Deirdre Brock, Edinburgh North and Leith/Tommy Sheppard, Edinburgh East/JoannaCherry, Edinburgh South West), one Liberal Democrat MP in Edinburgh West (Christine...
(2006) pp. 401–402 JoannaCherry QC MP and Others for Judicial Review [2019 CSOH 70] (4 September 2019) (Scotland). Para 30 JoannaCherry QC MP and Others...
Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley DBE FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is a British actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer, and activist. She has...
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(1 February 2021). "SNP civil war deepens as leading Sturgeon critic JoannaCherry purged from Westminster team". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the...
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May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021. Forrest, Adam (10 February 2021). "JoannaCherry accuses SNP colleagues of 'performative histrionics' over transgender...
change a deliberate "stitch up" by the SNP establishment to stop MP JoannaCherry, a critic of the party leadership, from winning the party's nomination...
of the prorogation ceremony JoannaCherry QC MP and Others for Judicial Review [2019] CSOH 68 (30 August 2019) JoannaCherry QC MP and Others for Judicial...
Glasgow North East. Labour also lost Darling's former constituency to JoannaCherry of the SNP.[citation needed] Darling was nominated for a life peerage...
"Edinburgh transport convener Scott Arthur to stand for Westminster against JoannaCherry". Edinburgh Evening News. Pack, Mark (15 February 2019). "Former Royal...
June and 800 women on the waiting list. Among 150 speakers were SNP MP JoannaCherry, writers Julie Bindel and J. K. Rowling, and United Nations Special...
magazine in 2003. In 2021, SNP MP JoannaCherry alleged he had defamed her on Twitter, though he denied this and Cherry did not take the matter to court...
Lesmahagow 2015–2023 Douglas Chapman Dunfermline and West Fife 2015–present JoannaCherry Edinburgh South West 2015–present Ronnie Cowan Inverclyde 2015–present...
Strathaven and Lesmahagow Douglas Chapman, Dunfermline and West Fife JoannaCherry, Edinburgh South West Ronnie Cowan, Inverclyde Angela Crawley, Lanark...
Joanna Moore (born Dorothy Joanne Cook, November 10, 1934 – November 22, 1997) was an American film and television actress, who, between 1956 and 1976...
Commission rules requiring someone to be in the post at all times. MP JoannaCherry then resigned from the SNP's National Executive Committee later that...
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