Sheila Gilmore (born 1 October 1949) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh East from 2010 to 2015.

She represented clients receiving legal aid in cases involving divorce, domestic abuse, child protection and adoption.

[3] In April 2009, Sheila Gilmore was selected as Labour's candidate for the Westminster constituency of Edinburgh East[4] from an all-woman shortlist.

[5] Gilmore beat lawyer Catriona Munro, City of Edinburgh councillors Norma Hart and Angela Blacklock, and local party activist Karen Doran.

The selection process was triggered by the announcement by the incumbent MP, Gavin Strang, that he would not be seeking re-election at the forthcoming general election.