Steven Paterson
Steven Paterson is a Scottish politician from the Scottish National Party (SNP).
Life
Paterson was born in what is now the Stirling Council Area . He grew up in Cambusbarron and attended Stirling High School and Stirling University . Professionally, he was involved in the areas of press, media and tourism.
Political career
Since 2007 Paterson has held a seat on the Stirling Regional Council. Labor politician Anne McGuire has represented Paterson's Stirling constituency in the British House of Commons since 1997 . She did not run for the general election in 2015 and the Labor Party appointed Johanna Boyd as her successor. For the SNP, Paterson applied for the constituency mandate. With the massive increase in votes by the SNP in these elections, Paterson clearly won the mandate with a 45.6% share of the vote and subsequently moved into the House of Commons for the first time. In the early general election 2017, Paterson was narrowly defeated by the Conservative Stephen Kerr and subsequently left the House of Commons.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b http://www.snp.org/people/steven-paterson ( Memento from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Results of the general election in 2015 and 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paterson, Steven |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish politician of the Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |