FORMER SHADOW CABINET MINISTER OUTSHINED BY YOUNGEST MP IN OVER 300 YEARS

New MP Mhairi Black is now the youngest elected politician in Britain.

If the 20-year-old wants to get advice from the last holder of the record, it may be tricky as he died 300 years ago.

Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, was 13 when he was elected as an MP in Devon in 1667.

Speaking after her victory Ms Black said: “Whatever you’re views are on Scotland’s future, I will seek to represent you to the best of my ability.”

She has unseated one of Labour’s big names, the former shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander, bringing an end to 70 years of Labour rule in the area.

 

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