Hannah Bardell

Hannah Bardell
MP
SNP Spokesperson on Business, Innovation & Skills
Assumed office
30 September 2015
Preceded by Michelle Thompson
SNP Spokesperson on Fair Work and Employment
In office
20 May 2015 – 30 September 2015
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Neil Gray
Member of Parliament
for Livingston
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded by Graeme Morrice
Majority 16,843 (29.3%)
Personal details
Born Hannah Mary Bardell
(1983-06-01) 1 June 1983
Livingston, Scotland
Political party Scottish National Party
Alma mater University of Stirling

Hannah Mary Bardell (born 1983) is a Scottish National Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston since May 2015.[1][2][3] She is the SNP Business, Innovation and Skills spokesperson in the House of Commons.

Early life and education

Born in 1983 in Craigshill, Livingston. Bardell attended Broxburn Academy and the University of Stirling.[4] Her first jobs were with STV Glasgow and GMTV London, where she became an assistant producer of the current affairs Sunday Programme.

Political career

Bardell met Alex Salmond in 2007 and joined the SNP's election campaign for the 2007 Scottish Parliament election. For three years, she worked for Salmond and Ian Hudghton MEP in his constituency office.[5] Bardell then worked for the US State Department in their Edinburgh Consulate.[5] before joining the oil and gas industry, initially with Subsea 7, then for Oil & Gas Service company Stork as Head of Communications & Marketing for the UK, Africa & Norway.

She fought the Livingston seat for the SNP in the 2015 UK general election polling 32,736. With 56.9% of the votes cast, the SNP achieved a majority of 16,843 over the Labour Party incumbent MP, Graeme Morrice and the fourth largest majority in Scotland.

Personal life

Bardell is one of 32 LGBT MPs in the House of Commons, saying following the 2015 election that "I only came out to myself and to my family during the election. I then chose not to say anything publicly because I had just got elected and I didn't want it to be one of the first things I said about myself as an MP."[6]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Members returned to Parliament at the General Election 2015 Scotland". The Edinburgh Gazette. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Election 2015 – Livingston". BBC News. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Tufft, Ben (8 May 2015). "Scottish MPs in Westminster: The full list of the SNP parliamentarians". The Independent. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Russell, Greg (20 May 2015). "Meet your new Scottish MPs: #8 Hannah Bardell, Livingston". The National. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  5. 1 2 Swanson, Ian (9 May 2015). "SNP brings seismic shift to Edinburgh politics". Evening News. Johnston Press. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Mark Leftly (20 February 2016). "Gay MPs: The photograph that shows Westminster's attitude towards LGBT politicians is changing". The Independent.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Graeme Morrice		 Member of Parliament
for Livingston
2015–present 		Incumbent
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