2015 United Kingdom Parliament Election - Mhairi Black(20 years and 238 days old) became the youngest member of the British Parliament since 1667

 

Mhairi Black on Friday May 08,2015  became the youngest member of the British Parliament since 1667 when she triumphed over Douglas Alexander — and the Scottish nationalists overturned decades of Labour Party dominance just seven months after they failed in a referendum to break up the 308-year-old political union with England. 

Mhairi Black is a pro-independence university student with a history of volunteer work and activism who reached enough new voters to topple a Labour Party stalwart. “I have been elected alongside a strong group of SNP MPs,” she said in her acceptance speech. “We will work to put an end to the austerity cuts which are hurting people in communities both North and South of the border. We will call for the powers promised to Scotland in the referendum, starting with those that make the biggest impact of getting more people into work and making work pay.”

First Minister Miss Sturgeon and former first minister Alex Salmond (centre) pose for a photo with 20-year-old MP Mhairi Black (left)