Owen Thompson
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Owen Thompson Thompson MP |
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Member of Parliament for Midlothian |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | David Hamilton |
| Majority | 9,859 (20.4%) |
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| Born | 17 March 1978 |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh Napier University |
| Website | owenthompson |
Owen George Thompson (born 17 March 1978) is a Scottish National Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected in 2015 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Midlothian.
Thompson was brought up in Loanhead after moving there when he was seven. He studied Accounting and Finance at Edinburgh Napier University.
Thompson had previously been the leader of Midlothian Council. He was first elected to the council in the Loanhead by-election 2005. At the age of 27, he was Scotland’s youngest councillor at the time. He was then re-elected in the 2007 council election and again in the 2012 council election. He became leader of the council in November 2013, succeeding his party colleague Bob Constable.
In December 2014, the Bonnyrigg, Loanhead and District SNP branch nominated Thompson to be the party’s candidate in the 2015 General Election. He was elected as the MP for Midlothian with 24,453 votes, a 50.6% share of the votes cast. He was sworn into office at Westminster on 20 May 2015, and on that same day was given a position in the SNP Whips Office under SNP Chief Whip Mike Weir.
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