Euan Stainbank

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| name = Euan Stainbank

| honorific-suffix = MP

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| office2 = Member of Parliament
for Falkirk

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| term_start2 = 4 July 2024

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| majority2 = 4,996 (11.7%)

| predecessor2 = John McNally

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|1|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Falkirk, Scotland

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| nationality = Scottish

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| party = Labour

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| alma_mater = University of Stirling

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Euan Stainbank (born 27 January 2000) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Falkirk since 2024.{{Cite web |title=Falkirk {{!}} General Election 2024 {{!}} Sky News |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/falkirk-242 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=election.news.sky.com |language=en}}

Elected at the age of 24, he is currently Scotland's youngest serving MP.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-05 |title=Scottish Labour's youngest MP not fazed by inexperience |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/24420779.meet-labours-youngest-election-candidate-scotland/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=The Herald |language=en}} He was elected in the 2022 Falkirk Council election in Falkirk South ward.{{Cite web |last=Paterson |first=Kirsty |date=2022-05-11 |title=Falkirk Labour's new team includes one of district's youngest ever councillors |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/falkirk-labours-new-team-includes-26928670 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Daily Record |language=en}} He served as deputy leader of the Labour group.{{Cite web |last=McCallum |first=Duncan |date=29 March 2024 |title=General election: Labour's Euan Stainbank launches his campaign to represent Falkirk at Westminster |url=https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/politics/general-election-labours-euan-stainbank-launches-his-campaign-to-represent-falkirk-at-westminster-4573945 |website=Falkirk Herald}} He was one of two Scottish Labour MPs to vote against cutting the Winter Fuel Payment in the 2024 parliament vote.{{Cite web |last=Nutt |first=Kathleen |date=10 September 2024 |title=Youngest Scottish MP Euan Stainbank did not vote for winter fuel cut |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24576205.youngest-scottish-mp-euan-stainbank-not-vote-winter-fuel-cut/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910165151/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24576205.youngest-scottish-mp-euan-stainbank-not-vote-winter-fuel-cut/ |archive-date=10 September 2024 |access-date= |website=the Herald}}

He graduated from the University of Stirling in 2021 with an LLB in Scots Law. "During his time at the university, he was president of both the Debating and Law societies, which won him the Best Society President award", according to the University of Stirling's student paper.{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Elliot |date=2024-01-23 |title=Stirling alumni shortlisted for general election |url=https://brignews.com/2024/01/23/stirling-alumni-shortlisted-for-general-election/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Brig Newspaper |language=en-US}}

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