Callum McCaig
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Callum McCaig MP |
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| SNP Spokesperson for Energy & Climate Change | |
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Assumed office 20 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
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Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Anne Begg |
| Majority | 7,230 (14.9%) |
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| Born |
6 January 1985 Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Callum McCaig (born 6 January 1985) is a Scottish National Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South since May 2015. He is the SNP Energy and Climate Change spokesperson in the House of Commons. McCaig was elected as a councillor on Aberdeen City Council in 2007, and was the Leader of Aberdeen City Council from 2011 until 2012.
Born in Aberdeen, he was educated at Cults Academy, before studying at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with an MA (Hons) in Politics. and then worked for the SNP MSP, Maureen Watt, as a Parliamentary Assistant.
McCaig was first elected to Aberdeen City Council in 2007, topping the polling in the Kincorth/Loirston ward with 1,883 first preferences and taking the first seat exceeding the quota. Following the election, the Scottish Liberal Democrats formed a coalition with the SNP to run the Council. On 23 May 2011, McCaig took over as leader of the SNP group on the council. After two by-election victories during 2011, the SNP became the largest party on the Council, and in June 2011, their then Council leader stepped down to become Deputy Council leader. As a result, Callum McCaig, who had been acting as Deputy Council leader, became the leader of the Council on 28 June 2011. At the time, at the age of 26 he was one of the youngest council leaders in all of the United Kingdom.
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