20 yr Old Who Defeated An Incumbent In The UK General Elections

Mhairi Black, A 20 yr old young student represented the Scottish National Party.

Miss Black has set a rare record by winning in the general elections to become a Member of Parliament. First she is female and then she is the youngest candidate in the UK in over three hundred years to win an election.

She beat the incumbent by over six thousand votes.

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