# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philippa-whitford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:27:09.652Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philippa-whitford"
name: "Philippa Whitford"
slug: "philippa-whitford"
description: "Philippa Whitford is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and a breast surgeon. Originally from Northern Ireland, she was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Ayrshire in May 2015 and was re-elected in 2017 and 2019. Whitford stood down at the 2024 general election. She previously served as the SNP Spokesperson for Scotland from December 2022 to September 2023."
tagline: "Scottish physician and politician (born 1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Dr_Philippa_Whitford_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1958-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.143089333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/Dr_PhilippaW"
    handle:    "Dr_PhilippaW"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Philippa.Whitford.political"
    handle:    "Philippa.Whitford.political"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm10597310"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://whitford.scot"
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    title: "Philippa Whitford"
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    title: "فيليپا وايتفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Philippa Whitford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Philippa Whitford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_Whitford"
    title: "Philippa Whitford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Philippa Whitford"
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    title: "Philippa Whitford"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19874405"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Philippa Whitford"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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