28-year-old becomes Scotland’s second ever female Muslim MP, while Scottish Labour gains ground
Anum Qaisar-Javed has become Scotland’s second ever female Muslim MP after she held the Westminster seat of Airdrie and Shotts for the Scottish National party in Thursday’s byelection despite a significant swing to Scottish Labour.
The victory for the 28-year-old modern studies teacher brings the total number of SNP MPs in the Commons back to 45. The byelection was held after the sitting MP, Neil Gray, resigned in order to stand in last week’s Scottish parliamentary election in the overlapping Holyrood constituency.
