# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joan-sturgeon
# Generated: 2026-09-02T22:18:18.260Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joan-sturgeon"
name: "Joan Sturgeon"
slug: "joan-sturgeon"
description: "Joan Kerr Sturgeon is a Scottish politician and former dental nurse who served as the Provost of North Ayrshire from 2012 to 2016. She served on the North Ayrshire council from 2007 to 2017, representing the Irvine East ward. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she is the mother of the party's former leader and former First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon."
tagline: "Scottish politician who served as the Provost of North Ayrshire Council from 2012 to 2016"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joan_Sturgeon_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1952-10-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.21
  momentum:             10
  historical:           1.608249333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  64
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Sturgeon"
    title: "Joan Sturgeon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107359230"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations