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Mhairi Black (/ ˈ m æ r i /; born 12 September 1994) [1] is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons from 2022 to 2024, and as a Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshire South from 2015 to 2024.
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In 2015, the SNP won 56 out of 59 seats and 50% of the popular vote. The SNP rebounded from their loss at the independence referendum at the 2015 general election eight months later, led by former Depute Leader Nicola Sturgeon. The party went from holding six seats in the House of Commons to 56, ending 51 years of dominance by the Scottish ...
In the 2024 general election, the SNP suffered huge losses losing the vast majority of their seats. [25] As a result, Flynn unveiled a new much slimmed down frontbench including himself, Pete Wishart as his deputy and Kirsty Blackman as chief whip. [ 26 ]
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SNP MP Mhairi Black was scolded by the deputy speaker in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon (16 May) for referring to the government as being "pished." As she accused the Tories of being ...
The SNP constitution stated that candidates must have the nomination of at least 100 members, from at least 20 branches. [11] Every SNP member who was in the party as of 15 February 2023 was eligible to vote. [135] The election took place on a one member, one vote basis, using a type of single transferable vote. [136]
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