Douglas Alexander loses seat to SNP’s Mhairi Black

Labour’s general election campaign chief Douglas Alexander has lost his seat to the SNP.

Newly-elected member of Parliament, Mhairi Black, Britain's youngest member of parliament since 1667, greets Labour candidate Douglas Alexander. Picture: Getty

Twenty year old student Mhairi Black unseated the shadow foreign secretary in Paisley and Renfrewshire South, winning 23,548 votes with a massive 27 per cent swing.

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Mr Alexander, who had held the seat since 1997 and had a majority of more than 16,000, picked up 17,864 votes.

Newly-elected member of Parliament, Mhairi Black, Britain's youngest member of parliament since 1667, greets Labour candidate Douglas Alexander. Picture: Getty

He described it as a “very difficult night” for Labour.

The result from the Paisley and Renfrewshire South constituency in the 2015 General Election

Elected: SNP (Mhairi Black)

SNP - 23,548 - 51 per cent

Labour - 17,864 - 39 per cent

Conservatives - 3,526 - 8 per cent

Lib Dems - 1,010 - 2 per cent

SSP - 278 - 1 per cent

2010 MP - Douglas Alexander (Labour)