Scotland’s newest MP told how she hopes to be a role model for other minorities after being elected to Westminster.
SNP MP Anum Qaisar-Javed also pledged she would “fight for independence” after being elected to represent the constituency of Airdrie and Shotts.
The by-election, which took place just a week after the Scottish Parliament election, was sparked by former MP Neil Gray’s decision to step down from the Commons and run for Holyrood.
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After he was elected to the corresponding constituency in the Scottish Parliament last week, Ms Javed, 28, retained the seat he had held – albeit with a majority down on the 5,201 held by Mr Gray in 2019.
SNP: Anum Qaisar-Javed 46.4 per cent (+1.4) Scottish Labour: Kenneth Stevenson 38.4 per cent (+6.4) Scottish Conservatives: Ben Callaghan 12.9 per cent (-4.7) The minor parties were scattered to the wind. It’s closer than Labour got in the Holyrood elections last week, and that narrowed margin is surely a vindication of the SNP’s decision to force MPs wishing to trade Westminster for Holyrood to step down before last week’s election, allowing them to hold the by-election just seven days later and therefore minimise the possibility of an upset. It underlines that even in an era of success – frankly the Conservatives are never going to have a better day in the office than the most successful vaccine roll-out in Europe, and it’s unlikely any other party will either – their SNP problem isn’t going anywhere.
Scotland’s newest MP told how she hopes to be a role model for other minorities after being elected to Westminster.
SNP MP Anum Qaisar-Javed also pledged she would “fight for independence” after being elected to represent the constituency of Airdrie and Shotts.
The by-election, which took place just a week after the Scottish Parliament election, was sparked by former MP Neil Gray’s decision to step down from the Commons and run for Holyrood.
(PA Graphics)
After he was elected to the corresponding constituency in the Scottish Parliament last week, Ms Javed, 28, retained the seat he had held – albeit with a majority down on the 5,201 held by Mr Gray in 2019.
Scotland’s newest MP told how she hopes to be a role model for other minorities after being elected to Westminster.
SNP MP Anum Qaisar-Javed also pledged she would “fight for independence” after being elected to represent the constituency of Airdrie and Shotts.
The by-election, which took place just a week after the Scottish Parliament election, was sparked by former MP Neil Gray’s decision to step down from the Commons and run for Holyrood.
(PA Graphics)
After he was elected to the corresponding constituency in the Scottish Parliament last week, Ms Javed, 28, retained the seat he had held – albeit with a majority down on the 5,201 held by Mr Gray in 2019.
Scotland’s newest MP told how she hopes to be a role model for other minorities after being elected to Westminster.
SNP MP Anum Qaisar-Javed also pledged she would “fight for independence” after being elected to represent the constituency of Airdrie and Shotts.
The by-election, which took place just a week after the Scottish Parliament election, was sparked by former MP Neil Gray’s decision to step down from the Commons and run for Holyrood.
(PA Graphics)
After he was elected to the corresponding constituency in the Scottish Parliament last week, Ms Javed, 28, retained the seat he had held – albeit with a majority down on the 5,201 held by Mr Gray in 2019.