predecessor parliament birth_place constituency_mp nationality party birth_date term_start majority image article_title education name alma_mater
douglas alexander united kingdom paisley , renfrewshire , united kingdom paisley and renfrewshire south scottish scottish national party 12 september 1994 8 may 2015 5,684 -lrb- 12.3 % -rrb- mhairi black.jpg mhairi black
 lourdes secondary school mhairi black university of glasgow
mhairi black

mhairi black -lrb- , born 12 september 1994 -rrb- is a scottish politician .
she has been the member of parliament for paisley and renfrewshire south since 2015 , when she defeated labour shadow foreign secretary douglas alexander .
black is the current baby of the house as the youngest member in the house of commons of the united kingdom .
when elected in may 2015 , she was 20 years and 237 days old , making her the youngest mp elected to the house of commons of the united kingdom since at least the reform act of 1832 , replacing james dickson who was 21 years and 67 days old when elected in 1880 .
