Stuart McDonald (Scottish politician)

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Stuart McDonald MP
Official portrait, 2020
SNP Justice and Immigration Spokesperson in the House of Commons
In office 10 December 2022 – 4 September 2023
Leader	Stephen Flynn
Preceded by	Anne McLaughlin
Succeeded by	Chris Stephens
SNP Home Affairs Spokesperson in the House of Commons
In office 1 February 2021 – 10 December 2022
Leader	Ian Blackford
Preceded by	Joanna Cherry
Succeeded by	Alison Thewliss
SNP Spokesperson for Immigration & Attorney General in the House of Commons
In office 20 May 2015 – 1 February 2021
Leader	Angus Robertson Ian Blackford
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Anne McLaughlin (Immigration) Angela Crawley (Attorney General)
Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Gregg McClymont
Majority	12,976 (28.4%)
Personal details
Born	Stuart Campbell McDonald (1978-05-02) 2 May 1978 (age 46) Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh

Stuart Campbell McDonald (born 2 May 1978) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency since 2015.^[1] A member of the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, he previously served as the SNP Spokesperson for Justice and Immigration from 2022 to 2023.^[2][3] He served as the SNP Shadow Home Secretary from 2021 to 2022. He was the SNP Spokesperson on Immigration, Asylum and Border Control from 2015 to 2021.

He was first elected at the general election in May 2015, unseating incumbent Labour MP and Shadow Pensions Minister, Gregg McClymont. McDonald is the first SNP MP to represent Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Margaret Bain was MP for Dumbartonshire East which covered Cumbernauld in the early-1970s), which covers parts of the North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire council areas.