Mhairi Black
Mhairi Black is standing as the Scottish National Party candidate for Paisley and Renfrewshire South in the 2015 General Election. [1]
At just 20 years of age, Black is challenging Labour candidate Douglas Alexander for the seat in Scotland, which has been a secure Labour seat for a number of years. Described as a 'rising star' she is said however, to have 'found herself at the epicentre of the hurricane which seems to have swept through Scotland since the independence referendum last September,' [2] with recent polls suggesting that Black could be set to overhaul Alexander who held a majority of 16,614 in the 2010 election.
Black is a student at the University of Glasgow and is set to take her final exams in politics after the election. If she were to win she would be poised to become the youngest MP in Westminster. [3]
Notes
- ↑ Election 2015 BBC, accessed 7 May 2015
- ↑ SNP hopeful Mhairi Black: "People want a change." Daily Record, 5 May 2015, accessed 7 May 2015
- ↑ Head-butts, Nazis and 'sham' campaigns: The scandals linked to the SNP firebrands who could be MPs The Telegraph, 2 May 2015, accessed 7 May 2015
