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Revision as of 10:07, 27 October 2010

The Right Honourable
Anne McGuire

MP
McGuire outside her Constituency Office in 2007
McGuire outside her Constituency office in 2007
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 October 2010
Serving with Chuka Umunna
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byDesmond Swayne
Member of Parliament
for Stirling
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 May 1997
Preceded byMichael Forsyth
Majority8,354 (17.9%)
Personal details
Born (1949-05-26) 26 May 1949 (age 75)
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
SpouseLen McGuire
ChildrenSarah McGuire, Paul McGuire
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Websitehttp://www.annemcguiremp.org.uk/

Anne Catherine McGuire (born 26 May 1949) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling since 1997.

Early life

Born in Glasgow as Anne Catherine Long, she was educated at the city's Our Lady and St Francis Secondary School (became part of St Mungo's Academy in 1988) on Charlotte Street and the University of Glasgow where she was awarded a MA in politics and history. She went on to study for teacher training at the Notre Dame College of Education (merged with Craiglockhart College in 1981 to become the St Andrew's College of Education, then became part of the Faculty of Education of the University of Glasgow in 1999) in Bearsden, gaining a Diploma in Secondary Education.

She worked in the University Court of the University of Glasgow as both a registrar and a secretary from 1971 to 1974. In 1983, she joined Community Service Volunteers (CSV), initially as a teacher, then as a fieldworker. She left the organisation in 1993 as its national officer. Upon leaving CSV, she became the Deputy Director of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, where she remained until her election to the UK Parliament in 1997.

She was the parliamentary election agent for Norman Hogg at the 1979 general election at Dunbartonshire East, when he ousted the Scottish National Party's MP Margaret Bain (later Ewing). She remained as Hogg's election agent for the 1983, 1987 and 1992 elections in his new Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency. She was elected a councillor on Strathclyde Regional Council in 1980 and served for two years. She was a member of the Scottish Labour Party Executive from 1984 until 1997 and Chair of the Scottish Labour Party from 1992 to 1993. From 1987 until 1991, she was a member of the national executive of the GMB Union

Parliamentary career

McGuire was selected to stand for election for Labour through an all-women shortlist.[1] This method of selection was subsequently declared illegal in January 1996 as it breached sex discrimination laws.[2] Despite the ruling, she remained in place as the candidate for the following year's election.

She was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 general election when she ousted the then Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Forsyth by 6,411 votes. In the same year as her first election, she was rewarded by becoming the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Scotland Donald Dewar. A year later, she was appointed an Assistant Whip's office, becoming a Lord Commissioner to the Treasury in 2001. She became a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland in 2002, moving sideways to the Department for Constitutional Affairs in 2003. She served in the Department for Work and Pensions with responsibility for disabilities from 2005 to 2008. In October 2008, she stood down from the government and it was announced she would be appointed to the Privy Council.

On 10 October 2010, McGuire was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband along with Chuka Umunna.

Alternative medicine

She is a supporter of homeopathy, having signed an early day motion in support of its continued funding on the National Health Service.[3]

Personal life

She has been married to her husband, Len, since 22 February 1972 and they have a son and a daughter and live in Cumbernauld. She is a keen linguist and speaks French and Gaelic. She enjoys Ceilidh dancing and is honorary vice-president of Glasgow University Shinty Club.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Anne McGuire". BBC News. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  2. ^ Rentoul, John; Ward, Stephen; MacIntyre, Donald (9 January 1996). "Labour blow as all-women lists outlawed". London: The Independent. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Tredinnick, David (29.06.2010). "Early Day Motion #342 British Medical Association Motions on Homeopathy". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Shinty Club website". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)


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