Margaret Ferrier

Margaret Ferrier
MP
Member of Parliament
for Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by Tom Greatrex
Majority 9,975 (17.3%)
Personal details
Born (1960-09-10) 10 September 1960
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Political party Scottish National Party

Margaret Ferrier (born 1960)[1] is a Scottish National Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen and Hamilton West since winning the seat at the 2015 general election.[2][3]

Ferrier was born and raised in Glasgow, and moved to Rutherglen from 1972 to 1990. She has lived in the Halfway district of Cambuslang since 2000, where she joined the Rutherglen branch of the SNP in 2011. Before her election to Parliament, she was a commercial sales supervisor for a manufacturing construction company in Motherwell.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Henshaw, William (5 February 2015). "SNP select Margaret Ferrier as candidate for Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat in the General Election". Daily Record. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Election 2015: Rutherglen & Hamilton West". BBC News. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Dickie, Douglas (8 May 2015). "Rutherglen and Hamilton West election results: SNP's Margaret Ferrier takes Labour hotspot with 52 per cent of the vote". Daily Record. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Tom Greatrex		 Member of Parliament
for Rutherglen and Hamilton West
2015–present 		Incumbent
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