Mhairi Black
Mhairi Black (/ˈmaːre/,[i] born 12 September 1994) is a Scots politeecian. She haes been the Member o Pairlament for Paisley an Renfrewshire Sooth syne 2015, when she defeatit Labour Shaidae Foreign Secretar Douglas Alexander.[2]
Mhairi Black | |
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| Member o Pairlament for Paisley an Renfrewshire Sooth | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2015 | |
| Precedit bi | Douglas Alexander |
| Majority | 5,684 (12.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 September 1994 Paisley, Scotland |
| Poleetical pairty | Scots Naitional Pairty |
| Alma mater | Varsity o Glesga |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism[1] |
| Wabsteid | Official website |
Black is the current Baby o the Hoose as the youngest member in the Hoose o Commons o the Unitit Kinrick.[3] When elected in Mey 2015, she wis 20 years an 237 days auld, makkin her the youngest MP electit tae the Hoose o Commons o the Unitit Kinrick syne at least the Reform Act o 1832, replacin James Dickson wha wis 21 years an 67 days auld when electit in 1880.[4]
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ 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 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ Lusher, Adam (8 May 2015). "General Election 2015: Mhairi Black: The 20-year-old who could become the youngest MP since 1667". The Independent. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ Furness, Hannah (8 May 2015). "Election 2015 results: the weird, wonderful and the downright unexpected". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 May 2015.