Kirsteen Sullivan

Kirsteen Ann Sullivan is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bathgate and Linlithgow since 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, she gained the seat from Martyn Day, a member of the Scottish National Party.

Education

Sullivan has worked as a business analyst for several private companies, including Scottish Widows. Prior to becoming an MP, Sullivan served as a councillor for Whitburn and Blackburn on West Lothian Council. Sullivan served as Labour depute leader of West Lothian Council from 2017 to 2024.

On 4 July 2024, she was elected as MP for Bathgate and Linlithgow. She received 19,774 votes in the general election in a new constituency formed as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. On 26 July 2024, she made her maiden speech in the House of Commons during a debate on "Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower".

Sullivan lives in Bathgate and is originally from Glasgow which is where she was born. She has three children. she owns a second home in Spain.