Preceded by Tom Harris Role Scottish Politician Name Stewart McDonald | Nationality Scottish Majority 12,269 (25.15%) Party Scottish National Party | |
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Full Name Stewart Malcolm McDonald Born 24 August 1986 (age 37)
Glasgow ( 1986-08-24 ) Political party Scottish National Party Profiles | ||
Stewart mcdonald snp mp glasgow south
Stewart Malcolm McDonald (born 24 August 1986) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Glasgow South constituency since May 2015 and is a member of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.
Born in Castlemilk, Glasgow, his family moved to Govan when he was five years old, as his father was a caretaker at a local primary school. He left Govan High School aged eighteen, and worked in a variety of jobs including as a retail manager and a holiday rep in Tenerife before becoming a parliamentary case worker for Anne McLaughlin MSP. After the 2011 Scottish Parliament Elections, he became a case worker for James Dornan MSP.
Stewart was selected unopposed as the SNP candidate for the Glasgow South constituency in October 2014. At the 2015 UK general election, McDonald was elected with 54.9% of the vote, defeating the Labour incumbent Tom Harris. His total represented the largest number of actual SNP votes in the city, and the largest majority.
McDonald is gay and, on 19 May 2015, gathered with other LGBT SNP MPs, including his near-namesake Stuart McDonald, to campaign for a "Yes" vote in the Irish referendum on same-sex marriage, being held three days later.