Steven Paterson
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Steven Paterson MP |
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Member of Parliament for Stirling |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Anne McGuire |
| Majority | 10,480 (20.1%) |
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25 April 1975 Cambusbarron, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater |
Robert Gordon University University of Stirling |
Steven Alexander Paterson (born 25 April 1975) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling since May 2015.
Paterson was born in Stirling Royal Infirmary on 25 April 1975. He is the elder of two children born to Peter Paterson and Janice Paterson (née McGill). His father was an English teacher at St Modan's High School in Stirling as well as a local historian and his mother was a nurse with the local health board.
Paterson was educated at Cambusbarron Primary School and Stirling High School. He then studied Publishing at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and History and Politics at Stirling University where he graduated with Honours.
In 2006 he was appointed as Media and Communications Manager to the SNP MSP Bruce Crawford. He was elected to Stirling Council in the Stirling Council election, 2007 for the Stirling East ward where he topped the poll with 1,821 first preferences. In the Stirling Council election, 2012 he was re-elected, again topping the poll, with 1,278 first preferences.
In January 2013 Paterson was appointed deputy SNP group leader at Stirling Council
On 15 January 2015 he was chosen as the SNP candidate to contest the Stirling constituency seat in the General Election on 7 May. He came first after receiving 23,783 first preference votes with a 45.6% share of the vote to achieve a 10,480 majority over Labour where their incumbent MP, Anne McGuire, retired.
On 30 June 2015 he announced his intention to stand down as Councillor for the Stirling East ward.
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