Mhairi Black
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Mhairi Black MP |
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Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Douglas Alexander |
| Majority | 5,684 (12.3%) |
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12 September 1994 Paisley, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Mhairi Black (/ˈmaːre/, born 12 September 1994) is a Scottish politician. She has been the Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshire South since 2015, when she defeated Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander.
Black is the current Baby of the House as the youngest member in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. When elected in May 2015, she was 20 years and 237 days old, making her the youngest MP elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since at least the Reform Act of 1832, replacing James Dickson who was 21 years and 67 days old when elected in 1880.
Born in Paisley in 1994, Black was educated at Lourdes Secondary School, Glasgow, and the University of Glasgow, where she was awarded a first-class honours degree in politics and public policy in June 2015. At the time of her election she had not yet completed her undergraduate degree, with a final exam on Scottish politics still to be undertaken.
Black has been an active Twitter user since she was 14. Several of her tweets were brought up after her election, including swearing, tweets about her drinking and partying experiences and an incident where she complained about the behaviour of Celtic Football Club fans.
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