Stuart Donaldson | |
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Member of Parliament for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | |
In office 7 May 2015 –3 May 2017 | |
Preceded by | Robert Smith |
Succeeded by | Andrew Bowie |
Personal details | |
Born | Stuart Blair Donaldson 5 September 1991 Aberdeen,Scotland |
Political party | Scottish National Party |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
Stuart Blair Donaldson [1] (born 5 September 1991) [2] is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician in the United Kingdom. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine from the 2015 general election until being unseated at the general election on 8 June 2017,by Andrew Bowie of the Conservative Party.
Donaldson was born in the north east of Scotland. He is the son of the former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) and Scottish Public Health Minister Maureen Watt. [3] His grandfather Hamish Watt was MP from 1974 to 1979. [4] He was educated at Durris Primary School and Banchory Academy. [5] He attended the University of Glasgow and graduated with an undergraduate Master of Arts (MA) degree in 2013. [6]
Following graduation,Donaldson worked as a parliamentary assistant for Christian Allard MSP. [7] [8]
At the 2015 general election,he was elected the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine. [8] He was 23 years,eight months and three days old at the time of his election making him the second youngest Member of Parliament behind fellow SNP MP Mhairi Black who was 21. [9] He was one of eight Scottish National Party MPs under 30. [10]
Donaldson opposed austerity. [11] In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum,he backed the remain campaign. [12] In parliament he argued Brexit would affect "lads holidays" in Europe. [13] He voted against the triggering of Article 50. [14]
He stood for re-election in the 2017 United Kingdom general election but lost his seat to the Scottish Conservative candidate Andrew Bowie. [15]
In 2018,Donaldson joined the public affairs team of the Campaign for Real Ale,based at its head office in St Albans. [16]
Stuart Donaldson MP (MA 2013) SNP MP