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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Kirsty Blackman
| name = Kirsty Blackman
|image = Official portrait of Kirsty Blackman crop 2.jpg
| image = Official portrait of Kirsty Ann West MP crop 2.jpg
|honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]]
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]]
|office = Deputy Leader of the [[Scottish National Party]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]
| office = Deputy Leader of the [[Scottish National Party]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]
|leader = [[Ian Blackford]]
| leader = [[Ian Blackford]]
|term_start = 14 June 2017
| term_start = 14 June 2017
|term_end =
| term_end =
|predecessor = [[Stewart Hosie]]
| predecessor = [[Stewart Hosie]]
|successor =
| successor =
|office1 = [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] [[Frontbench Team of Ian Blackford|Spokesperson]] for [[Chancellor of the Exchequer|the Economy]]
| office1 = [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] [[Frontbench Team of Ian Blackford|Spokesperson]] for [[Chancellor of the Exchequer|the Economy]]
|leader1 = [[Ian Blackford]]
| leader1 = [[Ian Blackford]]
|term_start1 = 20 June 2017
| term_start1 = 20 June 2017
|term_end1 = 7 January 2019
| term_end1 = 7 January 2019
|predecessor1 = [[Stewart Hosie]]
| predecessor1 = [[Stewart Hosie]]
|successor1 = [[Alison Thewliss]]
| successor1 = [[Alison Thewliss]]
|office2 = [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] [[Frontbench Team of Ian Blackford|Spokesperson]] for the Constitution
| office2 = [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] [[Frontbench Team of Ian Blackford|Spokesperson]] for the Constitution
|leader2 = [[Ian Blackford]]
| leader2 = [[Ian Blackford]]
|term_start2 = 7 January 2019
| term_start2 = 7 January 2019
|term_end2 =
| term_end2 =
|predecessor2 = ''Office established''
| predecessor2 = ''Office established''
|successor2 =
| successor2 =
|office3 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen North]]
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen North]]
|term_start3 = 7 May 2015
| term_start3 = 7 May 2015
|term_end3 =
| term_end3 =
|predecessor3 = [[Frank Doran (British politician)|Frank Doran]]
| predecessor3 = [[Frank Doran (British politician)|Frank Doran]]
|successor3 =
| successor3 =
|majority3 = 12,670 (33.9%)
| majority3 = 12,670 (33.9%)
|birth_name = Kirsty Ann West
| birth_name = Kirsty Ann West
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|20|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|20|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]]
| birth_place = [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]]
|death_date =
| death_date =
|death_place =
| death_place =
|party = [[Scottish National Party]]
| party = [[Scottish National Party]]
|spouse = Luke Blackman<ref name="snp-profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.snp.org/people/kirsty-blackman |title=Cllr Kirsty Blackman |website=Scottish National Party |accessdate=11 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508203914/http://www.snp.org/people/kirsty-blackman |archivedate=8 May 2015}}</ref>
| spouse = Luke Blackman<ref name="snp-profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.snp.org/people/kirsty-blackman |title=Cllr Kirsty Blackman |website=Scottish National Party |accessdate=11 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508203914/http://www.snp.org/people/kirsty-blackman |archivedate=8 May 2015}}</ref>
|children = 2
| children = 2
|website = {{url|parliament.uk/biographies/commons/kirsty-blackman/4357|Commons website}}
| website = {{url|parliament.uk/biographies/commons/kirsty-blackman/4357|Commons website}}
}}
}}
'''Kirsty Blackman''' ({{née|'''West'''}}; born 20 March 1986)<ref>Birth certificate of Kirsty Ann West, 20 March 1986, Aberdeen District 571/02 0053 – National Records of Scotland</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jun/13/guardiansocietysupplement.politics|title=Fresh-faced challenge|first=Kirsty|last=Scott|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]|date=13 June 2007|accessdate=4 February 2015|location=UK}}</ref> is a [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP) [[politician]] who was elected as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen North]] at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland|2015 United Kingdom general election]]. She is the SNP Spokesperson on the Constitution and the SNP Deputy Westminster Leader. Blackman was re-elected in [[2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland|2017]] and [[2019 United Kingdom general election in Scotland|2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/kirsty-blackman-mp|title=Kirsty Blackman|website=www.huffingtonpost.co.uk|access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/government-and-opposition1/scottish-national-party/|title=Scottish National Party Spokespersons|website=UK Parliament|access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref>
'''Kirsty Blackman''' ({{née|'''West'''}}; born 20 March 1986)<ref>Birth certificate of Kirsty Ann West, 20 March 1986, Aberdeen District 571/02 0053 – National Records of Scotland</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jun/13/guardiansocietysupplement.politics|title=Fresh-faced challenge|first=Kirsty|last=Scott|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]|date=13 June 2007|accessdate=4 February 2015|location=UK}}</ref> is a [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP) [[politician]] who was elected as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen North]] at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland|2015 United Kingdom general election]]. She is the SNP Spokesperson on the Constitution and the SNP Deputy Westminster Leader. Blackman was re-elected in [[2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland|2017]] and [[2019 United Kingdom general election in Scotland|2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/kirsty-blackman-mp|title=Kirsty Blackman|website=www.huffingtonpost.co.uk|access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/government-and-opposition1/scottish-national-party/|title=Scottish National Party Spokespersons|website=UK Parliament|access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref>

Revision as of 14:57, 8 February 2020

Kirsty Blackman
MP
File:Official portrait of Kirsty Ann West MP crop 2.jpg
Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 June 2017
LeaderIan Blackford
Preceded byStewart Hosie
SNP Spokesperson for the Economy
In office
20 June 2017 – 7 January 2019
LeaderIan Blackford
Preceded byStewart Hosie
Succeeded byAlison Thewliss
SNP Spokesperson for the Constitution
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 January 2019
LeaderIan Blackford
Preceded byOffice established
Member of Parliament
for Aberdeen North
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byFrank Doran
Majority12,670 (33.9%)
Personal details
Born
Kirsty Ann West

(1986-03-20) 20 March 1986 (age 38)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Political partyScottish National Party
SpouseLuke Blackman[1]
Children2
WebsiteCommons website

Kirsty Blackman (née West; born 20 March 1986)[2][3] is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen North at the 2015 United Kingdom general election. She is the SNP Spokesperson on the Constitution and the SNP Deputy Westminster Leader. Blackman was re-elected in 2017 and 2019.[4][5]

Early life

She was educated at Robert Gordon's College after winning a scholarship.[6] Kirsty matriculated at the University of Aberdeen to read Medicine, but later left the course.

She first entered politics when she was elected to Aberdeen City Council as an SNP councillor in the Hilton/Stockethill ward, in the Aberdeen North constituency in the 2007 Aberdeen City Council election topping the poll in her ward with 1,761 first preferences. Her brother, John West, was also elected for the Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross ward at this time. She was re-elected in 2012 Aberdeen City Council election with 823 first preferences taking the second seat in the ward. She would become Convener of the SNP group in Aberdeen City Council at this time.[7]

Parliamentary career

At the 2015 general election, she became the Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North. She succeeded Frank Doran, of the Labour Party, who had announced in October 2013 that he would stand down at the next general election.[8] She won the seat with 24,793 votes, 13,396 more than the Labour Party candidate Richard Baker, and became SNP Spokesperson on the House of Lords.[9] In April 2016, she drew attention to the plight of unaccompanied refugee children during a Commons debate.[10] She was elected to the Scottish Affairs Committee in 2015. In July 2016, she spoke out on the importance of making Parliament more family-friendly after being censured by clerks for holding her sleeping two-year-old daughter in a committee hearing.[11]

She was the only SNP MP outside of Dundee to retain their seat in North East Scotland, formerly a nationalist stronghold, at the 2017 general election. Following the election, she became Deputy Leader of the SNP Westminster Group and SNP Westminster Spokesperson on the Economy.

Blackman held the seat at the 2019 general election with a majority of 33.9%, the largest percentage majority in Scotland. In January 2019 she became the SNP Spokesperson for the Constitution at Westminster, a strategic role leading on the constitution in preparation for an independence referendum.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Cllr Kirsty Blackman". Scottish National Party. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. ^ Birth certificate of Kirsty Ann West, 20 March 1986, Aberdeen District 571/02 0053 – National Records of Scotland
  3. ^ Scott, Kirsty (13 June 2007). "Fresh-faced challenge". The Guardian. UK: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Kirsty Blackman". www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Scottish National Party Spokespersons". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Analysis: SNP bucks trend for privately educated MPs (From Herald Scotland)". Heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  7. ^ Staff (8 May 2015). "Blackman wins Aberdeen North seat for SNP". UK: BBC News. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  8. ^ Staff (19 October 2013). "Labour MP Frank Doran to step down at 2015 general election". BBC News. UK.
  9. ^ Clark, Andrew (8 May 2015). "SNP candidate Kirsty Blackman wins Aberdeen North seat". The Press and Journal. UK.
  10. ^ "Unaccompanied Children". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 608. United Kingdom: Westminster Hall. 19 April 2016. col. 276WH–279WH.
  11. ^ Brooks, Libby (26 July 2016). "SNP MP censured for bringing her children to Commons Committee". The Guardian. UK.
  12. ^ "SNP make changes to frontbench team at Westminster (From Herald Scotland)". Heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  • profile at the Scottish National Party website
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2017–present 		Incumbent
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