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'''Amanda Joan Westlake''' (nee Hawick) (b. 18 April 1971, Lerwick) is a [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor for [[Lerwick South (SIC Constituency)|Lerwick South]], a position she has held since 2012.

==Biography==
Amanda was born in Lerwick and attended Bell's Brae Primary and Anderson High School. She worked in Environmental Health for 11 years before moving to Aberdeen to study at Robert Gordon University where she received a Masters Degree in International Tourism Management. She founded and ran her own business, Blyde-tae-Bide and was appointed as a project manager for Scottish Enterprise before returning to Shetland in 2010.

She currently works for Voluntary Action Shetland supporting Disability Shetland, and has held posts with the Shetland Tourism Association, Lerwick Community Council and the Isleburgh Drama Group. She also served a term on the Shetland Children's Panel.

She was a member of pro-Shetland devolution pressure group Wir Shetland, but quit when the group endorsed Tavish Scott at the [[2016 Scottish Parliament Election, Orkney and Shetland Result|2016 Scottish Parliament Election]]

She appeared on the cooking TV program Come Dine With Me (season 6, episode 9).

==Political Career==
*[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 2012|2012 Shetland Islands Council election]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I209929&tree=ID1 Bayanne genealogy page]

{{SICouncillors|Preceded by<br>'''[[Jim Henry]]'''<br><sub>with [[Jonathan Wills]], [[Leslie Eunson]] & [[Cecil Smith]]</sub>|'''Member for<br>[[Lerwick South (SIC Constituency)|Lerwick South]]'''<br>2012-2017<br><sub>with [[Jonathan Wills]], [[Peter Campbell]] and [[Cecil Smith]]</sub>|'''Incumbent'''<br><sub>with [[Jonathan Wills]], [[Peter Campbell]] and [[Cecil Smith]]</sub>}}


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