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Rosemary McKenna
MP
Rosemary McKenna MP
Member of Parliament; for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East; Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (1997-2005)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Norman Hogg
Personal details
Born	8 May 1941 (age 83); Renfrewshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse	James McKenna

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Rosemary McKenna CBE (born 8 May, 1941 as Rosemary Harvey in Renfrewshire) is a Scottish Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She is Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East.^[1]

Early life

Born to the Irish Cornelius Harvey and a Scottish mother,^[1] Susan, she went to St Augustine's RC Secondary School on Liddesdale Road in Milton, East Dunbartonshire. From 1958-65, she worked as a secretary. She joined the Labour Party in 1966 when she moved to Cumbernauld. She studied at the Roman Catholic Notre Dame College of Education, receiving a Diploma in Primary Education in 1974. She was a primary school teacher from 1974-94 before becoming a local councillor and eventual Provost of the former Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council.

Parliamentary career

McKenna was first elected in 1997 to represent the former Cumbernauld and Kilsyth seat, which she retained at the 2001 election.

The seat was abolished for the 2005 general election and she contested the new Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency, winning with a 1.1% swing against her to the Scottish National Party.

She was responsible for chairing the Labour Party's vetting procedure for candidates for the first election for the Scottish Parliament. This process saw many of the more left-oriented candidates rejected, including Dennis Canavan, Ian Davidson, Michael Connarty, all of whom were sitting Members of Parliament at the time, as well as Tommy Shephard, a former General Secretary of the Labour Party in Scotland.

References

^ ^a ^b "Daily Hansard". Parliament.uk website. 15 November 2006. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Norman Hogg	Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1997–2005	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)

[2ndLoyalAddress-1] "Daily Hansard". Parliament.uk website. 15 November 2006. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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 * [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-3832,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Rosemary McKenna MP]
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-* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/683.stm BBC Politics page]
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