Anne McLaughlin
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Anne McLaughlin MP |
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Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Willie Bain |
| Majority | 9,222 (24.4%) |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow |
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In office 12 February 2009 – 22 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Bashir Ahmad |
| Succeeded by | Hanzala Malik |
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8 March 1966 Greenock, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland University of Glasgow |
Anne McLaughlin (born 8 March 1966) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North East since 2015. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow between 2009 and 2011. In the 2015 UK General Election she won the Glasgow North East constituency for the SNP from the Labour Party candidate Willie Bain, with a swing of 39%, breaking the electoral record for the biggest swing in a General Election.
She attended Port Glasgow High School, graduating in 1984. She then attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the University of Glasgow.
McLaughlin comes from Greenock but has lived in Glasgow for many years. She contested Glasgow Springburn in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, finishing second, and had previously contested the Glasgow Rutherglen seat at the 2001 UK General Election (again finishing second) and the similar Glasgow Rutherglen seat at the 2003 Scottish Parliament election. She was SNP campaign co-ordinator when John Mason won the Glasgow East by-election, 2008.
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