Pat Glass
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Pat Glass MP |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Education | |
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In office 27 June 2016 – 29 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadowing | Nicky Morgan |
| Preceded by | Lucy Powell |
| Succeeded by | Angela Rayner |
| Shadow Minister of State for Europe | |
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In office 5 January 2016 – 27 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadowing | David Lidington |
| Preceded by | Pat McFadden |
| Succeeded by | Fabian Hamilton |
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Member of Parliament for North West Durham |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Hilary Armstrong |
| Majority | 10,056 (23.5%) |
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14 February 1957 Esh Winning, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Patricia Glass (born 14 February 1957) is an English Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham since 2010. She was appointed Shadow Education Secretary on 27 June 2016 by Jeremy Corbyn, but resigned two days later after announcing that she would be standing down at the next United Kingdom general election.
She was born in Esh Winning, County Durham. Before becoming an MP, Glass worked in various positions with local education authorities, and became a Government Education Adviser specialising in Special Needs Education, and Assistant Director of Education in Sunderland and Greenwich.
Glass was elected as a councillor on Lanchester Parish Council in 2007. Subsequently she was selected as the Labour Party parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, with the retirement of Hilary Armstrong at the 2010 general election.
Glass was elected to the House of Commons at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham. Her particular interest is education and she has sat on the Education Select Committee
In 2014, Glass accused rival politicians in Parliament of "orchestrated barracking" of women with regional accents, saying "I get the impression they think women who are northerners should not be there."
In September 2015, Glass was appointed as Shadow Education Minister with responsibility for childcare by the new Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. On 5 January 2016, she was named the Shadow Europe Minister after Corbyn had conducted the first reshuffle of his shadow cabinet.
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