Amy Callaghan

Amy Callaghan
Official portrait, 2020
SNP Spokesperson for Health in the House of Commons
In office
4 September 2023 – 5th July 2024
LeaderStephen Flynn
Preceded byMartyn Day
SNP Spokesperson for Pensions and Intergenerational Affairs
In office
8 January 2020 – 10 December 2022
LeaderIan Blackford
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of Parliament
for East Dunbartonshire
In office
12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byJo Swinson
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1992-05-21) 21 May 1992 (age 32)[1]
NationalityScottish
Political partyScottish National Party
EducationUniversity of Strathclyde

Amy Callaghan (born 21 May 1992)[2] is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the member of parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire from 2019 until 2024 when the seat was abolished and she came second placed in the newly established seat.[3] She unseated the then Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson, with a narrow majority of 149 votes or 0.3%, overturning her majority of 5,339 votes two years earlier.[4] She was SNP Health spokesperson since and sat on the Health and Social Care Select Committee during her time in Parliament.[5]

  1. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times Guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ Callaghan, Amy [@AmyCallaghanSNP] (21 May 2022). "Thirty flirty and thriving" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 July 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Dunbartonshire East parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. ^ Walker, Peter; Murphy, Simon; Brooks, Libby (13 December 2019). "Jo Swinson quits as Lib Dem leader after losing her own seat". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Health and Social Care Committee Membership". UK Parliament. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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