STEPHEN Flynn is the SNP’s group leader at Westminster and the MP for Aberdeen South.
Flynn, who is tipped to be a future leader of the SNP, has also made clear his intention to stand for the Holyrood parliament in the 2026 elections.
Read on for all the latest Stephen Flynn news, interviews, and updates on the SNP Westminster leader.
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When did Stephen Flynn become an SNP MP?
Flynn then became the SNP’s business and energy spokesperson at Westminster in February 2021.
Flynn was re-elected to represent Aberdeen South again at the 2024 General Election. However, he saw his vote share cut from 44.7% to 32.8%.
When did Stephen Flynn become the SNP Westminster group leader?
The two had been competing to take over from Ian Blackford, who had quit the role five days before.
At the time, The National was told that Blackford had “jumped before he was pushed” amid suggestions that Flynn had been on manoeuvres to replace him.
Just two weeks earlier, Flynn had denied reports he was looking to take over as group leader and said he had no intention of standing to replace Blackford.
Stephen Flynn previous roles
Stephen Flynn was first elected to be a councillor for the Kincorth/ Nigg/ Cove ward in 2015.
From 2016, he served as the leader of the SNP group on Aberdeen City Council.
Flynn resigned from the council in January 2020, after his election as an MP the previous month.
In response to the Tories saying it was a “disgrace” he had not resigned faster, Flynn said: “As everyone knows my wife and I had a baby just after the election and I’m sorry that [then council leader] Douglas Lumsden feels I should have foregone paternity leave to attend an urgent business meeting that was only called to deal with a Conservative councillor being found guilty of sexual assault.”
Stephen Flynn age
Stephen Flynn was born on October 13, 1988, in Dundee. He is currently 36.
What football team does Stephen Flynn support?
Stephen Flynn is a big football fan and a proud member of the Tartan Army.
As well as supporting Scotland in international games, Flynn follows Dundee United.
Flynn told Holyrood magazine in 2020 that his "greatest fear" was to see their city rivals Dundee Football Club winning the Scottish Cup.
He went on: "I don’t have to be worried about it, because it’s not been since 1910 that they last won it. But if it did happen, I’d be pretty upset."
Asked about his guilty pleasure, Flynn said: "As someone who lives in Aberdeen and represents a fair chunk of the city, my guilty pleasure is still travelling down to Dundee to watch Dundee United play."
Stephen Flynn disability
Flynn had avascular necrosis when he was a teenager which left him disabled.
Speaking to This Morning last year, Flynn said this happened after he collapsed from jumping through a flight of stairs in school.
He said on the show: “I spent the next 18 years basically as a disabled man.
“I got my hip taken out a couple of years ago, over the winter of 2020, which was life-changing because obviously up to that point I had walked about with crutches.
“Avascular necrosis is essentially no blood flowing to the bones so when I jumped down the stairs the bone was so brittle it wasn’t able to support me.”
Stephen Flynn wife
Flynn is married to Lynn Flynn. They have two sons.
Stephen Flynn national anthem
Stephen Flynn was criticised for not singing the national anthem at a Remembrance Sunday service in London.
Social media had falsely accused him of holding his wreath "upside down" when he attended commemorations at the Cenotaph.
On X (formerly known as Twitter), the then deputy Scottish Tory leader Meghan Gallacher suggested he “fell short” in his duty as SNP Westminster leader by refusing to sing the anthem.
Flynn said he was "astonished" by the level of abuse he received for not joining in with God Save the King.
Ultimately, evidence would suggest that Flynn did hold his wreath correctly and that Scottish wreaths are different from those produced in England.
