Amy Callaghan

Amy Callaghan
Official portrait, 2020
SNP Spokesperson for Health in the House of Commons
Assumed office
4 September 2023
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
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byJo Swinson
Majority149 (0.3%)
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 has been the member of parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire since the 2019 general election.[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 has been SNP Health spokesperson since 2023[5] and sits on the Health and Social Care Select Committee.[6]

  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. 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. ^ "SNP announces frontbench reshuffle at Westminster". BBC News. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Health and Social Care Committee Membership". UK Parliament. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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