Mhairi Black
Appearance
Mhairi Black | |
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Member o Pairlament for Paisley an Renfrewshire Sooth | |
In office 8 May 2015 – 4 Juin 2024 | |
Precedit bi | Douglas Alexander |
Majority | 5,684 (12.3%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Paisley, Scotland | 12 September 1994
Poleetical pairty | Scots Naitional Pairty |
Alma mater | Varsity o Glesga |
Religion | Roman Catholicism[1] |
Wabsteid | Official website |
Mhairi Black (/ˈmaːre/,[i] born 12 September 1994) is a Scots politeecian. She wis the Member o Pairlament for Paisley an Renfrewshire Sooth fae 2015, whan she defaitit Labour Shaidae Foreign Secretar Douglas Alexander[2] til her demission in the 2024 Unitit Kinrick general walin.
Black wis the youngest memmer in the Hoose o Commons o the Unitit Kinrick.[3] Whan eleckit in Mey 2015, she wis 20 year an 237 day auld, makkin her the youngest MP eleckit tae the Hoose o Commons o the Unitit Kinrick syne at least the Reform Act o 1832, replacin James Dickson wha wis 21 year an 67 day auld whan eleckit in 1880.[4]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Ceridwen Lee (27 August 2015). "Fall in number of Catholic MPs in the House of Commons ahead of landmark debate on assisted dying". The Tablet. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ↑ "General Election 2015 Results: Paisley & Renfrewshire South". BBC News. 8 Mey 2015. Retrieved 8 Mey 2015.
- ↑ Lusher, Adam (8 Mey 2015). "General Election 2015: Mhairi Black: The 20-year-old who could become the youngest MP since 1667". The Independent. Archived frae the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 8 Mey 2015.
- ↑ Furness, Hannah (8 Mey 2015). "Election 2015 results: the weird, wonderful and the downright unexpected". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 Mey 2015.