Hannah Bardell
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Hannah Bardell MP |
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SNP Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Spokesman |
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Assumed office 30 September 2015 |
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| Leader | Angus Robertson |
| Preceded by | Michelle Thompson |
| SNP Parliamentary Spokesperson on Fair Work and Employment | |
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In office 20 May 2015 – 30 September 2015 |
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| Leader | Angus Robertson |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Neil Gray |
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Member of Parliament for Livingston |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Graeme Morrice |
| Majority | 16,843 (29.3%) |
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Hannah Mary Bardell 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. She is the SNP Business, Innovation and Skills spokesperson in the House of Commons.
Born in 1983 in Craigshill, Livingston. Bardell attended Broxburn Academy and the University of Stirling. Her first jobs were with STV Glasgow and GMTV London, where she became an assistant producer of the current affairs Sunday Programme.
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. Bardell then worked for the US State Department in their Edinburgh Consulate. 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.
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."
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