Mary Theresa Glindon (

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Mulgrove; born 13 January 1957) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the

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(MP) for

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since

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Early life

She attended Sacred Heart Grammar School, an RC girls'

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, now known as

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North Tyneside Councillor

Glindon was first elected to represent Battle Hill ward on

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at the 1995 local elections. At the time of her election she went by her maiden name of Mulgrove. Glindon would go on to represent the seat for 15 years and was elected to represent Battle Hill ward 5 times. During her time as a Councillor Glindon served as the Civic Mayor of North Tyneside. In 2006 the Elected Mayor of North Tyneside

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appointed Glindon to his Cabinet as the cabinet member for Health and Wellbeing and Older People's Champion. In 2007 she supported a motion to grant

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of North Tyneside to

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Member of Parliament

Glindon was selected in February 2010 as Labour candidate for the Labour

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of North Tyneside, while a Councillor for Battle Hill Ward on

, after the previous Labour MP

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announced in November 2009 that he would not contest the next election. At her first general election in May 2010, she won North Tyneside with a 50.7% vote share. As an MP her parliamentary voting record has included opposing the '

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' and increasing welfare support for those unable to work due to illness or disability. She voted against raising tuition fees to £9000 and against the cut in the

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(EMA) for 16- to 19-year-olds. She has voted for measures to curb climate change and for measures to raise the level of income tax for those earning over £150,000. In 2013, she was one of 161 MPs to oppose the

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, and signed a letter saying the Government had no right to redefine marriage. She is also a listed member of the House of Commons' All-Party Parliamentary

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Group, opposing

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. She has called for a commons debate on the

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, which she opposed. She is a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, and the Communities and Local Government Select Committee, as of 2010 and 2013, respectively. She was

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(PPS) to

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when she was

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until 2014. Glindon was re-elected on 8 May 2015, with 26,191 votes and 55.9% share of the votes cast. She supported

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in the failed attempt to replace

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in the

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. Glindon is a member of the

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. She is a member of the

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Personal life

Glindon is a practising Roman Catholic. She married Ray Glindon, also a councillor, in 2000. She has one daughter, a step-daughter and a step-son. Glindon was widowed in April 2021 following the death of her husband.

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