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Margaret Curran (politician)

Margaret Curran
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Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
In office
7 October 2011 – 8 May 2015
Leader Ed Miliband
Preceded by Ann McKechin
Succeeded by Ian Murray
Minister for Parliamentary Business
In office
4 October 2004 – 17 May 2007
First Minister Jack McConnell
Preceded by Patricia Ferguson
Succeeded by Bruce Crawford
Minister for Communities
In office
21 May 2003 – 4 October 2004
First Minister Jack McConnell
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Malcolm Chisholm
Minister for Social Justice
In office
9 May 2002 – 21 May 2003
First Minister Jack McConnell
Preceded by Iain Gray
Succeeded by Position abolished
Member of Parliament
for Glasgow East
In office
6 May 2010 – 7 May 2015
Preceded by John Mason
Succeeded by Natalie McGarry
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Glasgow Baillieston
In office
6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1958-11-24) 24 November 1958 (age 58)
Glasgow, Scotland
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Rab Murray
Children 2
Alma mater University of Glasgow
Religion Roman Catholicism

Margaret Patricia Curran (born 24 November 1958) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2010 to 2015 and was Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2011 until 2015. She was previously Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston from 1999 to 2011, and held a number of posts within the Scottish Executive, including Minister for Parliamentary Business, Minister for Social Justice and Minister for Communities.

Curran was born in Glasgow, the daughter of Irish parents. She was educated at Our Lady and St Francis School in Glasgow.

Curran attended the University of Glasgow, where she graduated with a degree in History and Economic History in 1981. She first became politically active in the Glasgow University Labour Club in the late 1970s, where she was associated with Johann Lamont and Sarah Boyack. She held several posts in Labour student politics, including secretary and vice-chair of Glasgow University Labour Club, and chair and secretary of the Scottish Organisation of Labour Students. She was involved in the unsuccessful campaign to elect Hortensia Allende as Rector of Glasgow University in 1977.


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