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Revision as of 04:23, 6 October 2023
Michael Shanks | |
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| Member of Parliament for Rutherglen and Hamilton West | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Margaret Ferrier |
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| Born | 1988 (age 35–36) Ayr, Scotland[1] |
| Political party | Labour (before 2019, 2020–present) Independent (2019–2020) |
| Education | University of Glasgow |
| Signature | File:Michael Shanks politics signature.png |
Michael Graeme Shanks (born 1988) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen and Hamilton West since 2023.
Political career
Shanks was an unsuccessful candidate for Glasgow City Council in 2012,[2] standing for the Scottish Labour Party in the Partick West ward and finishing fifth in the single transferable vote process in which four councillors were elected.[3] He contested the Glasgow Kelvin constituency in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, coming third,[4] and the Glasgow North West constituency at the 2017 general election, coming second.[5][6][7] He had resigned from the party on the day of the 2019 European Parliament election, citing antisemitism and Brexit, but re-joined when Keir Starmer became leader.[8]
Having moved to Rutherglen from western Glasgow a year earlier,[1] he was selected to contest the Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat in May 2023,[8] in anticipation that the incumbent MP Margaret Ferrier, sanctioned for breaches of COVID-19 restrictions,[9] would lose her position via a recall petition – a process which was concluded with that outcome on 1 August.[10] In the by-election on 5 October, Labour and Shanks overturned the previous 7% Scottish National Party majority to win with a majority of 31% and a swing of 24%, with 58.6% of the vote share.[11][12]
Personal life
Shanks was employed as a modern studies teacher at Park Mains High School in Erskine, Renfrewshire.[13] In 2020 he set himself a challenge to run every street in Glasgow, completing the list of over 6,000 locations in January 2022.[14][15][16] He has also been involved in community and charity initiatives for disabled people.[17][18][19]
References
- ^ a b SNP accused of desperation over 'local' claim in Rutherglen by-election, Tom Gordon, The Herald, 6 August 2023
- ^ After 31 years, you’d have thought they might have some policies…, Michael Shanks, Labour Hame, 3 February 2012
- ^ "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
- ^ Glasgow Kelvin Scottish Parliament constituency, BBC News, 2016
- ^ LabourList (2 May 2017). "The full list of the Labour Party's general election candidates in Scotland". LabourList. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Who is Michael Shanks? Meet Labour's newest Scottish MP, Adam Robertson, The National, 6 October 2023
- ^ Glasgow North West parliamentary constituency - Election 2017, BBC News, 2017
- ^ a b Learmonth, Andrew (9 May 2023). "Labour pick activist who quit party to be by-election candidate". The Herald. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ "Margaret Ferrier suspended from Commons over Covid rule breach". BBC News. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Mitchell, James (1 August 2023). "By-election to be held after COVID rule-breaker MP Margaret Ferrier loses seat". Sky News. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Scottish Labour wins key Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, Craig Meighan, STV News, 6 October 2023
- ^ ‘Seismic night in Scotland’: Labour crushes SNP in Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection, Libby Brooks, The Guardian, 6 October 2023
- ^ Erskine teacher on a quest to run every street, Hamish Morrison, The Renfrewshire Gazette, 16 June 2021
- ^ Every Single Glasgow Street, 2023
- ^ The man who ran all of Glasgow's 6,000 streets, Steven Brockenhurst, BBC Scotland News, 6 January 2022
- ^ Labour pick man who ran every Glasgow street for Margaret Ferrier seat, Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times, 10 May 2023
- ^ Special Scouts pack help bring joy to the lives of disabled Scots boys, Joan McFadden, Daily Record, 19 November 2012
- ^ A Is for Autism - Let's Make Sure It's on the Agenda, Michael Shanks, Huffington Post, 2 April 2017
- ^ Board Members | Michael Shanks, David Coates, Epilepsy Scotland, 6 September 2021
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