BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID KERR.

BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID KERR.

Former BBC journalist David Kerr was confirmed as the SNP candidate
for the Glasgow North East by-election in July 2009.

Born in Glasgow in 1973, David (36) spent his early years in
Dennistoun before moving to Condorrat near Cumbernauld.

A graduate of St Andrews University in Scottish History and International
Relations in 1996, David joined the BBC in 1997 as a graduate trainee. In
1999 he became the Editor of Newsnight Scotland. At the time, it was
reported that he was the BBC's youngest ever editor of a news programme.

More recently David has worked in London as Assistant Editor of Newsnight
before returning to Scotland in 2003 as Assistant Editor of Reporting
Scotland.

In 2007 he moved in front of the camera, becoming a BBC Scotland reporter
and regular face on Reporting Scotland.

In 2000 David Kerr resigned as Editor of Newsnight Scotland to contest the
Falkirk West by-election for the SNP. There he achieved a dramatic
increase in the SNP vote, reducing the Labour majority to just 700. That
represented a 16% swing away from Labour to the SNP.

David was an active member of the National Union of Journalists.