Role Politician Name Hannah Bardell | Majority 16,843 (29.3%) | |
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Snp hannah bardell takes inspiration from trainspotting on brexit
Hannah Mary Bardell (born 1 June 1983) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston since the 2015 general election. She has been the SNP Spokesperson for Small Business, Enterprise and Innovation since 2015.
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- Snp hannah bardell takes inspiration from trainspotting on brexit
- Hannah bardell tells ken clarke why cons are wrong
- Early life and education
- Political career
- Personal life
- References
Hannah bardell tells ken clarke why cons are wrong
Early life and education
Bardell was born on 1 June 1983 in Craigshill, Livingston. She attended Broxburn Academy and the University of Stirling. Bardell served as the National Union of Students' women's officer while studying at university. Her first jobs were with STV Glasgow and GMTV London, where she became an assistant producer of The Sunday Programme, a current affairs series.
Political career
After first meeting Alex Salmond in 2007, Bardell joined the SNP's election campaign for the 2007 Scottish Parliament election. For three years, she worked for Salmond and Ian Hudghton MEP in his constituency office. Bardell then worked for the US State Department in their Edinburgh Consulate. before joining the oil and gas industry, initially with Subsea 7, then for Oil & Gas Service company Stork as Head of Communications & Marketing for the UK, Africa & Norway.
Bardell contested the Livingston seat for the SNP in the 2015 UK general election. Her mother had previously finished in second place for the SNP in the same constituency in the 2010 UK general election. Bardell was elected as MP with 32,736 votes (56.9%), a majority of 16,843 over the Labour Party incumbent MP, Graeme Morrice, overturning a Labour majority of 10,791 votes at the 2010 election. Bardell became Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader (Business, Innovation and Skills) in October 2015 and latterly was Spokesperson for Small Business, Enterprise and Innovation.
Personal life
Bardell is one of 32 LGBT MPs in the House of Commons, saying following the 2015 election that "I only came out to myself and to my family during the election. I then chose not to say anything publicly because I had just got elected and I didn't want it to be one of the first things I said about myself as an MP".
