Office: | Member of Parliament for Bathgate and Linlithgow |
Predecessor: | Constituency established |
Term Start: | 5 July 2024 |
Majority: | 8,323 (19.8%) |
Party: | Labour and Co-operative |
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]
Sullivan studied at Glasgow University and Strathclyde Business School.[4]
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 in West Lothian.[4] Sullivan served as Labour depute leader of West Lothian Council from 2017 to 2024.[4] [3]
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]
Sullivan lives in Bathgate and is originally from Glasgow.[4] She has three children.[4]