Background
Stephens was born in Glasgow and was educated at Trinity High School in Renfrew.
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Chris Stephens
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He joined the Scottish National Party in 1989, aged 16. Stephens was employed by Glasgow City Council. He is a senior UNISON activist in the city.
He has represented numerous workers over the last decade, and has campaigned on issues such as equal pay, disability discrimination, and pensions.
He increased trade union membership in his workplace by 60% in the last 2 years. He contested the Glasgow Pollok constituency at the 2007 and 2011 Scottish Parliament elections.
In 2011 he came within 623 votes of taking the seat from Johann Lamont. Stephens was on the list of Scottish National Party candidates for the six Scottish seats in the 2014 European Parliament election, although only the first two Scottish National Party candidates were elected.
He was elected to the United Kingdom Parliament in 2015, winning the contest for the Glasgow South West constituency.
Politics
He is currently the secretary of the Scottish National Party Trade Union Group, a member of the party"s National Executive Committee, and the convener of the Scottish National Party"s Glasgow Pollok Constituency Association.
Membership
56th United Kingdom Parliament.
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Scottish National Party