Kirsteen Sullivan

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Kirsteen Sullivan
MP
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Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Bathgate and Linlithgow
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024

Kirsteen Ann Sullivan [1] is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bathgate and Linlithgow since 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, she gained the seat from Martyn Day, a member of the Scottish National Party. [2] [3]

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Education

Sullivan studied at Glasgow University and Strathclyde Business School. [4]

Career

Sullivan has worked as a business analyst for several private companies, including Scottish Widows. [4] Prior to becoming an MP, Sullivan served as a councillor for Whitburn and Blackburn on West Lothian Council. [4] Sullivan served as Labour depute leader of West Lothian Council from 2017 to 2024. [4] [3]

Parliamentary career

On 4 July 2024, she was elected as MP for Bathgate and Linlithgow. She received 19,774 votes (47%) in the general election in a new constituency formed as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. [5] On 26 July 2024, she made her maiden speech in the House of Commons during a debate on "Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower". [6]

Personal life

Sullivan lives in Bathgate and is originally from Glasgow which is where she was born. [4] She has three children. [4] As of 2024 she owns a second home in Spain. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bathgate & Linlithgow | General Election 2024". Sky News . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 "West Lothian turns its back on the SNP and embraces Labour for Westminster". Edinburgh Reporter. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Meet Lothian's new MPs: Kirsteen Sullivan, Labour MP for Bathgate and Linlithgow". Edinburgh Evening News. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "General Election Results 2024". West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Kirsteen Sullivan (26 July 2024). "Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Vol. 752. United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 986–990.
  7. ↑ Morrison, Hamish (23 August 2024). "I delved into who's funding the new Scottish Labour MPs – here's what I found". The National. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
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