Anne Moffat
Anne Moffat or Anne Picking (born March 30, 1958) is a Scottish politician and current member of Parliament. Moffat, a Labour Party member for East Lothian, was first elected in 2001 general election with 47.61 percent of the vote.
She is of the well-known Moffat family of East Lothian and Fife, but was known by her married name of Picking. She contested the 2005 election under her married name, despite having been divorced for two years, so as not to confuse the voters. Following the election she returned to her maiden name. [1]. She attended Woodmill High School, Dunfermline, and was a nurse for 15 years in Kent, England. Moffat was a Councillor in Ashford, Kent, from 1996 to 2000 and has been a member of the National Executive Committee, Modernisation Select Committee, and Member Accommodation and Works Committee. Moffat is also a member of UNISON and the Trades Union Congress's General Purposes Committee.
She is noted for rarely voting against her party line. In 2003/4 (the most recently available figures), she was 635th out of 658 MPs in levels of spending on postage and 642nd in spending on stationery.
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