Euan Stainbank Explained

Euan Stainbank
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office2:Member of Parliament
for Falkirk
Term Start2:4 July 2024
Majority2:4,996 (11.7%)
Predecessor2:John McNally
Birth Date:27 January 2000
Birth Place:Falkirk, Scotland
Nationality:Scottish
Party:Labour
Alma Mater:University of Stirling

Euan Stainbank is a Scottish Labour Party politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Falkirk since 2024.[1]

Elected at the age of 24, he is currently Scotland's youngest serving MP.[2] He was elected in the 2022 Falkirk Council election in Falkirk South ward.[3] He served as deputy leader of the Labour group.[4]

He graduated from the University of Stirling in 2021 with an LLB in Scots Law. "During his time at the university, he was president of both the Debating and Law societies, which won him the Best Society President award", according to the University of Stirling's student paper.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Falkirk General Election 2024 Sky News . 2024-07-05 . election.news.sky.com . en.
  2. Web site: 2024-07-05 . Scottish Labour's youngest MP not fazed by inexperience . 2024-07-11 . The Herald . en.
  3. Web site: Paterson . Kirsty . 2022-05-11 . Falkirk Labour's new team includes one of district's youngest ever councillors . 2024-07-11 . Daily Record . en.
  4. Web site: McCallum . Duncan . 29 March 2024 . General election: Labour's Euan Stainbank launches his campaign to represent Falkirk at Westminster . Falkirk Herald.
  5. Web site: Johnston . Elliot . 2024-01-23 . Stirling alumni shortlisted for general election . 2024-07-29 . Brig Newspaper . en-US.