Kirsty McNeill | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
Assumed office 9 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | John Lamont |
Member of Parliament for Midlothian | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Owen Thompson |
Majority | 8,167 (18.5%) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour and Co-operative |
Alma mater | Balliol College,University of Oxford |
Website | kirstymcneill |
Kirsty McNeill is a Scottish politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Midlothian since 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party,she also serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland. [1]
McNeill served as President of the Oxford University Student Union in 2001,during which time she successfully campaigned to prevent holocaust denier David Irving from speaking at a debate. [2]
She was previously an advisor to Gordon Brown when he was Prime Minister. [3] Prior to being elected,McNeill was Executive Director of Policy,Advocacy and Campaigns at Save the Children.
In the 2005 general election,McNeill stood for Labour in the North Southwark and Bermondsey constituency,losing to the Liberal Democrat candidate,Simon Hughes. [4]
In the 2024 general election,McNeill was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Midlothian with 21,480 votes (48.6%) and a majority of 8,167 over the second place SNP candidate. [5] On 9 July 2024,she was appointed as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Scotland Office. [6] [7]
McNeill has voted on the following issues ...
As Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland McNeil is not just a member of the legislative branch of UK Parliament (where she votes on legislation in the House of Commons) but is also a member of it’s Government (executive) branch (which decides and promotes UK Government policy).
As an executive member of ‘the Government’McNeill is collectively accountable to Parliament (and to her constituents) for her Government’s actions,decisions and policies.
UK Government Policy for which McNeill is collectively responsible …