| majority2=1,972 (5.5%) | party=Scottish Labour }}Andy Kerr (born 17 March 1962, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire) is a Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Kilbride constituency, a seat which he has held since 1999. In November 2006 he won the Scottish Politician of the Year award in recognition of his work to bring in the controversial smoking ban in public places.[LINK: http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/74686.html] "Kerr and island campaign win top awards", The Herald, 17 November, 2006 Following the Scottish Labour Party's poor results in the 2007 election he was also thought of as a possible successor to Jack McConnell. Biography Kerr was educated at Claremont High School in East Kilbride and obtained a BA in Social Sciences at Glasgow College. Prior to being elected to the Scottish Parliament, he was a senior officer in Glasgow City Council land service