Ann McKechin
| Ann McKechin | |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | |
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In office 8 October 2010 – 7 October 2011 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Jim Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Curran |
| Undersecretary of State for Scotland | |
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In office 16 September 2008 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | David Cairns |
| Succeeded by | David Mundell |
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Member of Parliament for Glasgow North Glasgow Maryhill (2001–2005) |
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In office 7 June 2001 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Maria Fyfe |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Grady |
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22 April 1961 Paisley, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Strathclyde |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Ann McKechin (born 22 April 1961) is a former British Labour Party politician and was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2001 to 2015, having represented the Glasgow North constituency from 2005 onwards.
Born in Paisley to William Joseph and Anne (née Coyle) McKechin, she was educated at Paisley Grammar School and Sacred Heart High School, 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.
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.
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