UK election: Who is Mhairi Black

Mhairi Black has made a record by defeating Labour Party heavyweight Douglas Alexander by a comfortable margin of 5,684 votes in the Paisley and Renfrewshire South seat. Below are facts about her

• Mhairi Black is leader of Scottish National Party.
• The 20-year-old Mhari will now be the youngest ever MP to sit in the House of Commons.
• She broke the record of Chloe Smith, previously the youngest at 27.

• She won Paisley and Renfreshwire South by defeating Labour Party MP Douglas Alexander.
• Paisley and Renfreshwire South constituency has been represented by Labour for 70 years.
• She is the youngest MP to sit in Parliament since the 1667.
• Mhairi is about to complete a politics degree at the University of Glasgow.
• She is also female; another reasonably rare quality in an MP.