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Douglas Alexander loses seat in Paisley and Renfrewshire South

May 8, 2015 by Steph Butcher Leave a Comment

Labour’s Douglas Alexander has lost his seat in Paisley and Renfrewshire South to the SNP.

Mhairi Black has now become the youngest MP at just 20 years old, representing the Scottish National Party in Westminster for the next term.

Alexander was first elected to Parliament in the Paisley South by-election in 1997.

Born in Paisley, Black is in her final year at the University of Glasgow, studying Politics and Public Policy.

SNP count comes in at: 30,198

Labour count comes in at: 16,027

Conservative count comes in at: 3,597

Liberal Democrats count comes in at: 816

Independent: 503

Our correspondent Daniel Speirs in Glasgow, spoke to our reporters about the significance of this Labour loss.

 

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