Person Open DS/UK/23361 Black; Mhairi (12 September 1994); Scottish politician Black Mhairi 12 September 1994 Scottish politician Female (cisgender) Paisley, Scotland (born)

Scottish Politics | Scottish National Party | MP White No known disability Christian Gay / Lesbian Mhairi Black MP is a Scottish politician who has served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons since December 2022. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire South since 2015, when she defeated the Labour Party's Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander. She was re-elected in 2017 and in 2019. In 2023, Black announced that she would be standing down as an MP at the next general election. On The News Agents podcast, she called Westminster "one of the most unhealthy workplaces you could ever be in" and "a toxic environment". When elected in 2015, she was the youngest Member of Parliament elected to the House of Commons since at least the Reform Act of 1832, replacing William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam elected in 1832. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mhairi_Black (2023) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHEHarper 4/19/2021 RAHAKirkbride 10/25/2023 97c1812c-6fb1-456b-94cf-004c372b7835