Steven Paterson

Steven Paterson MP


Member of Parliament for Stirling
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 May 2015
Preceded by	Anne McGuire
Majority	10,480 (20.1%)
Personal details
Born	(1975-04-25) 25 April 1975 Cambusbarron, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party
Alma mater	Robert Gordon University University of Stirling

Steven Alexander Paterson (born 25 April 1975) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling since May 2015.^[1]^[2]

Early life and Education

Paterson was born in Stirling Royal Infirmary on 25 April 1975. He is the elder of two children born to Peter Paterson and Janice Paterson (née McGill). His father was an English teacher at St Modan's High School in Stirling as well as a local historian and his mother was a nurse with the local health board.

Paterson was educated at Cambusbarron Primary School and Stirling High School. He then studied Publishing at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and History and Politics at Stirling University where he graduated with Honours.

Political career

In 2006 he was appointed as Media and Communications Manager to the SNP MSP Bruce Crawford. He was elected to Stirling Council in the Stirling Council election, 2007 for the Stirling East ward where he topped the poll with 1,821 first preferences. In the Stirling Council election, 2012 he was re-elected, again topping the poll, with 1,278 first preferences.

In January 2013 Paterson was appointed deputy SNP group leader at Stirling Council^[3]

On 15 January 2015 he was chosen as the SNP candidate to contest the Stirling constituency seat in the General Election on 7 May.^[4] He came first after receiving 23,783 first preference votes with a 45.6% share of the vote to achieve a 10,480 majority over Labour^[5] where their incumbent MP, Anne McGuire, retired.

On 30 June 2015 he announced his intention to stand down as Councillor for the Stirling East ward. ^[6]

On 1 July 2015 Paterson made his maiden speech in the House of Commons. ^[7]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Anne McGuire	Member of Parliament for Stirling 2015–present	Incumbent

Scottish National Party MPs

Group leaders	Angus Robertson (Group Leader and Constitution) Stewart Hosie (Deputy Group Leader and Economy) Eilidh Whiteford (Group Secretary and Social Justice and Welfare) Mike Weir (Chief Whip) Pete Wishart (Shadow Leader of the Commons) Kirsten Oswald (Armed Forces and Veterans)

Front-bench team leaders	Joanna Cherry (Justice and Home Affairs) Alex Salmond (International and European Affairs) Brendan O'Hara (Defence) Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Trade and Investment) Neil Gray (Fair Work and Employment) Drew Hendry (Transport) Calum Kerr (Environment and Rural Affairs) Callum McCaig (Energy and Climate Change) Carol Monaghan (Public Services and Education) Hannah Bardell (Business, Innovation and Skills) Philippa Whitford (Health)

Scotland and constitution team	Margaret Ferrier (Scotland Office) Tommy Sheppard (Cabinet Office) Deidre Brock (Devolved Government Relations) Kirsty Blackman (House of Lords)

Economy team	Roger Mullin (Treasury) John Nicolson (Culture, Media and Sport) Alison Thewliss (Cities)

Social justice and welfare team	Ian Blackford (Pensions)

Justice and home affairs team	Stuart McDonald (Immigration, Asylum and Border Control) Angela Crawley (Equalities, Women and Children) Anne McLaughlin (Civil Liberties)

International affairs team	Stephen Gethins (Europe) Patrick Grady (International Development) Lisa Cameron (Climate Justice)

Backbench team	Richard Arkless Mhairi Black Phil Boswell Alan Brown Douglas Chapman Ronnie Cowan Martyn Day Martin Docherty Stuart Donaldson Marion Fellows Patricia Gibson Peter Grant George Kerevan Chris Law Angus MacNeil Stewart McDonald John McNally Paul Monaghan Gavin Newlands Steven Paterson Chris Stephens Owen Thompson Corri Wilson

Whip withdrawn / resigned	Natalie McGarry Michelle Thomson

Scottish National Party (SNP)

Leaders	MacEwen Gibb Power Young Watson McIntyre Halliday Donaldson Wolfe Wilson Swinney Salmond Sturgeon

Deputy Leaders	Milne Wolfe Leslie Henderson Wilson MacDonald Henderson Fairlie M. Ewing Salmond Morgan Sillars Macartney Swinney Cunningham Sturgeon Hosie

Presidents	Graham Muirhead Gibson McIntyre Wolfe Stewart W. Ewing Hudghton

Leader in the Scottish Parliament	Salmond Swinney Sturgeon Salmond Sturgeon

Leader in the House of Commons	Stewart M. Ewing Morgan Salmond Robertson

Treasurers	Rollo Rankin Cook G. Gibson Gloag Murgatroyd Morgan Chalmers MacAskill Blackford Mather Beattie

National Secretaries	MacCormick McIntyre Dott Curran Smart Shaw Wilson M. Gibson Hall M. Gibson MacWhirter Murray MacCallum Swinney Morgan Hosie Allan Ross Grady

Leadership elections	1967 1969 1979 1990 2000 2003 2004 2014

Related topics	55 Group 79 Group Election results Federation of Student Nationalists National Party of Scotland Radio Free Scotland The Scots Independent Scots National League Scottish Party SNP Trade Union Group

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