the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling, unseating the previous Conservative Party incumbent Stephen Kerr with a majority of 9,254 votes or 17.6%. Following his election, Smith ceased to be an MEP, as an individual cannot simultaneously be a member of a member state's legislature and of the European Parliament. In July 2022 Smith rejected Labour calls for a General Election on the grounds that "I... just enjoy what’s going on in the UK Government right now because it’s actually strengthening our case that Westminster doesn’t work." Personal life On 4 May 2022 Smith announced that he had become engaged to his boyfriend of nine years, Jonathon Ramsay References External links Official website Alyn Smith MEP SNP website Alyn Smith MEP European Parliament website The Greens/European Free Alliance Group 1973 births Living people Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of Nottingham Trent University Politicians from Glasgow College of Europe alumni Scottish National Party MEPs MEPs for Scotland 2004–2009 MEPs for Scotland 2009–2014 MEPs for Scotland 2014–2019 MEPs for Scotland 2019–2020 UK MPs 2019–present Scottish LGBT politicians Heidelberg University alumni Scottish solicitors Gay politicians LGBT MEPs for the United Kingdom Scottish National Party MPs People educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School Alumni of the Erasmus Programme 21st-century LGBT people