Miles Briggs MSP for Lothian, was born in 1983 and elected to the Scottish Parliament as a Member for Lothian Region in May 2016.
Miles is the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills. He has previously been the Local Government, Housing & Social Justice Spokesperson. He was previously the party Chief Whip and before then the Shadow Minister for Health.
Miles is Co-Convenor of the Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Cancer and Convenor of the Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Scottish Horseracing & Bloodstock Industries.
Educated at Auchtergaven Primary School and Perth Grammar School, Miles then attended Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen where he studied Management & Politics. Following graduation Miles worked for The Executive Council of the Province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. He then spent 10 years working as a Political Adviser to MSPs Dr Nanette Milne and Liz Smith.