Michael Shanks (politician)

Michael Shanks
Official portrait, 2023
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy
Assumed office
9 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byAndrew Bowie (Nuclear and Networks)
Member of Parliament
for Rutherglen
Rutherglen and Hamilton West (2023–2024)
Assumed office
5 October 2023
Preceded byMargaret Ferrier
Majority8,767 (20.6%)
2023–2024Scotland
Personal details
Born
Michael Graeme Shanks

1988 (age 35–36)
Ayrshire, Scotland
Political partyScottish Labour (until 2019; since 2020)
EducationUniversity 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]

  1. ^ Robertson, Adam (6 October 2023). "Who is Michael Shanks? Meet Labour's newest Scottish MP". The National. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  2. ^ Shanks, Michael (22 January 2024). "Michael Shanks MP on X". twitter.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024. I was in fact born in 1988
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 17 July 2024.