Kirstene Hair

Kirstene Hair
MP
Official portrait, June 2017
Home Affairs Select Committee Member
Assumed office
20 February 2018
Preceded by Will Quince
Member of Parliament
for Angus
Assumed office
9 June 2017
Preceded by Mike Weir
Majority 2,644 (6.6%)
Personal details
Born 1989 (age 28–29)
Brechin, Scotland
Political party Conservative
Alma mater University of Aberdeen

Kirstene Janette Hair[1] MP (born 1989) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Angus[2] in June 2017.[3]

Early life and career

Hair was born in Brechin, Angus, and was raised among a large farming family. She studied at the University of Aberdeen from 2007–2011, graduating with a degree in politics.[4]

Hair was previously the Conservative candidate for Angus South in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, being defeated by incumbent Scottish National Party MSP Graeme Dey, with an increased share of the vote (+15.3) for the Conservatives.[5] Prior to her election as an MP, Hair worked for publishers DC Thomson.

Parliamentary career

Hair was elected to the House of Commons in 2017, overturning a large majority of over 11,000 to unseat the SNP's chief whip Mike Weir in a sequence of seat gains for the Scottish Conservatives.[6] Hair is the first Conservative Party representative for the area since 1987, and will sit as one of the youngest MPs in Parliament.[7]

In September 2017, Hair revealed that she had not voted in the June 2016 referendum on Brexit because the choice was "very difficult".[8] She added that “I just ultimately couldn’t make that decision and I thought I would therefore go with the will of the UK which if I’m honest I thought we would remain".[9]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 27885". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 1076.
  2. ↑ "Kirstene Hair MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament.
  3. ↑ Weaver, Matthew; Phipps, Claire; Sparrow, Andrew (9 June 2017). "Election results live: May's future in question as swing to Labour grows". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2017. The first Tory gain of the night comes in Scotland, where Kirstene Hair has defeated the SNP’s Mike Weir.
  4. ↑ Hair, Kirstene. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Hamilton, Lindsey (6 May 2016). "Election 2016: SNP hold both Angus seats". Evening Telegraph. Dundee. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Strachan, Graeme (9 June 2017). "Kirstene Hair sensationally topples Mike Weir to win Angus seat". The Courier. Dundee. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Jock, Calton (27 May 2017). "Kirstene Hair – A Little Sweetheart – From a Good Looking Rich Landowning Family is Standing for the Angus South Constituency – Is This the Future? Straight Outa School and off to Westminster – Surely a Joke!!". anyvoice.co.uk. Any Voice. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Tory MP did not vote in EU referendum because choice was 'very difficult'". BBC News. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  9. ↑ Horton, Helena (22 September 2017). "New Scottish MP admits she did not vote in the Brexit referendum". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Mike Weir		 Member of Parliament for Angus
2017–present		 Incumbent


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