Michael Shanks | |||||||
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy | |||||||
| Assumed office 9 July 2024 | |||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||
| Preceded by | Andrew Bowie (Nuclear and Networks) | ||||||
| Member of Parliament for Rutherglen Rutherglen and Hamilton West (2023–2024) | |||||||
| Assumed office 5 October 2023 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Margaret Ferrier | ||||||
| Majority | 8,767 (20.6%) | ||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | Michael Graeme Shanks 1988 (age 35–36) Ayrshire, Scotland | ||||||
| Political party | Scottish Labour (until 2019; since 2020) | ||||||
| Education | University of Glasgow | ||||||
Michael Graeme Shanks (born 1988)[1][2] is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen, previously Rutherglen and Hamilton West, since 2023.[3] He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy since July 2024.[4]
- ^ Robertson, Adam (6 October 2023). "Who is Michael Shanks? Meet Labour's newest Scottish MP". The National. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Shanks, Michael (22 January 2024). "Michael Shanks MP on X". twitter.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
I was in fact born in 1988
- ^ Brooks, Libby; Carrell, Severin (6 October 2023). "'Seismic night in Scotland': Labour crushes SNP in Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 17 July 2024.