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Ann Mckechin Information

Ann McKechin (born 22 April 1962)[1] is a British Labour Party politician and has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2001, representing Glasgow North since 2005.

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Early life

Born in Paisley, she was educated at Paisley Grammar School and the Sacred Heart High School[2] before studying Scots law at the University of Strathclyde. She joined the Glasgow-based Pacitti Jones solicitors in 1983 as a solicitor, becoming a partner in 1990, she left the practice in 2000.[3]

Political career

She held several posts within the Glasgow Kelvin Labour Party from 1995—then the constituency of left-wing George Galloway. She was selected as a candidate (unsuccessful) for the 1999 European election. She was elected to the Commons at the 2001 general election for Glasgow Maryhill following the retirement of the sitting Labour MP, Maria Fyfe. She held the Maryhill seat with a majority of nearly 10,000. In the boundary changes which came into force for the 2005 election, Maryhill was abolished, and McKechin was elected for the newly drawn Glasgow North seat, but with a much reduced majority of 3,338 over the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

In Parliament she served briefly as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Jacqui Smith in 2005 in her capacity as Minister of State at both the Department of Trade and Industry and at the Department for Education and Skills. She has also served on a number of select committees including; Scottish Affairs (2001–05) and International Development (since 2005). She replaced David Cairns as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Scotland Office on 16 September 2008.

In October 2010, McKechin was elected to the Shadow Cabinet and appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, but was replaced by Margaret Curran in shadow cabinet reshuffle on 7 October 2011.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/ann-mckechin
  2. ^ http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/mp/ann_mckechin/279/
  3. ^ http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/law-firm-for-sale-after-partners-fall-out-personality-clash-blamed-1.96549
  4. ^ http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/10/labour-curran-scotland

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Maria Fyfe Member of Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill 2001–2005 Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Glasgow North 2005 – present Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by David Cairns Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Scotland Office 2008–2010 Succeeded by David Mundell
Preceded by Jim Murphy Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland 2010–2011 Succeeded by Margaret Curran
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Name Mackechin, Ann
Alternative names
Short description British politician
Date of birth 22 April 1962
Place of birth Paisley, Scotland
Date of death
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