Rosemary McKenna
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Rosemary McKenna CBE |
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| Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (1997–2005) |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Norman Hogg |
| Succeeded by | Gregg McClymont |
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8 May 1941 Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | James McKenna |
| Children | 3 sons and 1 daughter |
| Residence | Cumbernauld |
Rosemary McKenna CBE (born 8 May 1941) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2010. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth at the 1997 general election, and held that seat until its abolition in boundary changes for the 2005 general election. She was then elected as the MP for the new Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East, from which she stood down at the next election, in 2010.
Born to the Irish Cornelius Harvey and a Scottish mother, Susan, she went to St Augustine's RC Secondary School on Liddesdale Road in Milton, East Dunbartonshire. From 1958–65, she worked as a secretary. She joined the Labour Party in 1966 when she moved to Cumbernauld. She studied at the Roman Catholic Notre Dame College of Education, receiving a Diploma in Primary Education in 1974. She was a primary school teacher from 1974–94 before becoming a local councillor and eventual Provost of the former Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council.
McKenna was first elected in 1997 to represent the former Cumbernauld and Kilsyth seat, which she retained at the 2001 election.
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