Margaret Curran

Margaret Curran (born November 24, 1958 ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Labor Party .

Life

Curran attended Our Lady and St Francis School in Glasgow and then studied history and economic history at the University of Glasgow . At Dundee College she also became a certified degree in Community Education . Between 1989 and 1999, Curran was a lecturer in community education at the University of Strathclyde . Curran is married and has two sons.

Political career

Curran first appeared in the 1999 Scottish general election to national elections. She ran for the Labor Party in the constituency of Glasgow Baillieston and won the mandate with a clear lead over the SNP candidate . As a result, she moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament and was initially Deputy Minister for Social Justice from October 2000 to May 2002 and was immediately sworn in as Minister in the same department. In the 2003 general election , Curran defended her constituency and was then appointed Minister for Local Affairs. From October 2004 she held the office of Minister for Parliamentary Business, which she held until the end of the legislative period. Curran defended her mandate again in the 2007 parliamentary elections .

In mid-2008, Labor MP for the British constituency of Glasgow East , David Marshall , resigned on health grounds. Curran ran as successor for the first time for a seat in the British House of Commons , but was narrowly defeated by the SNP candidate John Mason . In the 2010 general election , Curran stood again for Glasgow East. This time she could clearly decide the constituency for herself and moved into the British House of Commons. Curran did not run for the Scottish parliamentary elections in 2011 . In the general election in 2015 , Curran could not prevail against the SNP candidate Natalie McGarry and she subsequently left the British House of Commons.