Anne McLaughlin (born 8 March 1966)
is a
Scottish National Party (SNP) politician serving as the
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
(MP) for
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North East is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It was first contested at the 2005 general election. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Anne McLaughlin of the ...
since 2019, and previously from 2015 to 2017.
She was previously a
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 2009 to 2011. She was elected to the
House of Commons
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at the
2015 general election but was defeated at the
2017 general election by
Paul Sweeney
Paul John Sweeney FIES ( gd, Pòl Eòin Mac Suibhne; born 16 January 1989) is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish Labour and Co-operative Party, he currently serves as Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region ...
of
Scottish Labour. At the
2019 general election, McLaughlin regained the seat with a majority of 2,548 votes.
Early life and political activity
McLaughlin was born and raised in
Greenock but has lived in
Glasgow
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for many years. She attended Port Glasgow High School, graduating in 1984. She then attended the
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the
University of Glasgow
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. She joined the
SNP after the
1988 Govan by-election.
She contested
Glasgow Springburn in the
2007 Scottish Parliament election, finishing second, and had previously contested the
Glasgow Rutherglen seat at the
2001 UK general election (again finishing second) and the similar
Glasgow Rutherglen seat at the
2003 Scottish Parliament election.
She was SNP campaign co-ordinator when
John Mason won the
2008 Glasgow East by-election
The 2008 Glasgow East by-election was a by-election for the UK Parliamentary constituency of Glasgow East which was held on 24 July 2008. The election was triggered when, on 30 June 2008, the sitting MP David Marshall stood down due to ill hea ...
.
Member of the Scottish Parliament: 2009–2011
McLaughlin became a regional member for
Glasgow
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on 6 February 2009, following the death of
Bashir Ahmad, as the next person on the SNP's regional list. Before this she was employed as a researcher for the MSP
Bob Doris. She has championed the cause of English language skills in Glasgow school-children. She was a member of the Public Audit and Public Petitions
parliamentary committees
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(2009–2011).
She contested the
Glasgow Provan constituency in the
May 2011 Scottish Parliament election but was unsuccessful.
2011 Inverclyde by-election
She was chosen by party members at a selection meeting in Greenock to contest the
Inverclyde constituency in the
June 2011 UK Parliament by-election. However, Labour retained the seat on a 5,835 majority - down from 14,416 - on a reduced turnout.
Member of the UK Parliament: 2015–2017, 2019–present
McLaughlin was elected to the UK Parliament in the
2015 general election, for the
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North East is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It was first contested at the 2005 general election. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Anne McLaughlin of the ...
constituency. She won the seat from the incumbent
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
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** Manual labour, physical work
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MP
Willie Bain
William Thomas Bain (born 29 November 1972) is a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North East from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he was a Shadow DEFRA Minister from 2010 to 2011 and a Shad ...
on a swing of 39%, breaking the record for the biggest swing at a general election. She then however narrowly lost her seat to Labour candidate
Paul Sweeney
Paul John Sweeney FIES ( gd, Pòl Eòin Mac Suibhne; born 16 January 1989) is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish Labour and Co-operative Party, he currently serves as Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region ...
at the
snap general election in 2017.
McLaughlin regained the seat from Sweeney at the
snap general election in 2019 with a majority of 2,548 votes.
References
External links
*
Profileat SNP website
*;
*''Blogs''
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personal website relating to MSP position
in use between 2009 and 2011
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1966 births
Living people
Springburn
People from Greenock
Scottish women bloggers
Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Scottish people of Irish descent
Scottish bloggers
Scottish National Party MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies
UK MPs 2015–2017
UK MPs 2019–present
Scottish National Party MSPs
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011
Alumni of the University of Glasgow
Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
Female members of the Scottish Parliament