# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tommy-sheppard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:57:32.189Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tommy-sheppard"
name: "Tommy Sheppard"
slug: "tommy-sheppard"
description: "Tommy Sheppard is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh East from 2015 until the seat's abolition in 2024. He is a former SNP spokesperson for Scotland, the Cabinet Office and former SNP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. He is also known for founding The Stand Comedy Clubs in Edinburgh and Glasgow."
tagline: "Scottish politician (born 1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Tommy_Sheppard_MP_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-03-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.165517333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TommySheppard"
    handle:    "TommySheppard"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TommySheppardSNP"
    handle:    "TommySheppardSNP"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "تومي شيبارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تومى شيبارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Sheppard"
    title: "Tommy Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Sheppard"
    title: "Tommy Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Sheppard_(politician)"
    title: "Tommy Sheppard (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Sheppard_(homme_politique)"
    title: "Tommy Sheppard (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Sheppard"
    title: "Tommy Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Sheppard"
    title: "Tommy Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Sheppard"
    title: "Tommy Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19880278"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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