For other people named Margaret Curran, see Margaret Curran (disambiguation).
Scottish Labour politician
Margaret Curran
Official portrait, 2003
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
In office 7 October 2011 – 11 May 2015
Leader
Ed Miliband
Preceded by
Ann McKechin
Succeeded by
Ian Murray
Shadow Minister for Disabled People
In office 7 October 2010 – 8 October 2011
Leader
Ed Miliband
Preceded by
Mark Harper
Succeeded by
Anne McGuire
Minister for Parliamentary Business
In office 4 October 2004 – 17 May 2007
First Minister
Jack McConnell
Preceded by
Patricia Ferguson
Succeeded by
Bruce Crawford (2011)
Minister for Communities[1]
In office 9 May 2002 – 4 October 2004
First Minister
Jack McConnell
Preceded by
Iain Gray
Succeeded by
Malcolm Chisholm
Member of Parliament for Glasgow East
In office 6 May 2010 – 30 March 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
Margaret Patricia Curran
(1958-11-24) 24 November 1958 (age 65) Glasgow, Scotland
Political party
Labour
Spouse
Rab Murray
Children
2
Alma mater
University of Glasgow
Margaret Patricia Curran (born 24 November 1958) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She served in the British House of Commons as the 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 the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) 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.
Margaret Patricia Curran (born 24 November 1958) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She served in the British House of Commons as the Member of Parliament...
to represent Maine in either. MargaretCurran (born 1958), former British Member of Parliament for Glasgow East Margaret Davidson (1871–1964), British...
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First Minister Jack McConnell Preceded by Tom McCabe Succeeded by MargaretCurran Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament In office 12 May...
the Shadow Cabinet, being replaced by newcomers: Vernon Coaker and MargaretCurran, respectively. Hillier left the Shadow Cabinet, and was replaced at...
Cabinet, as were several of the 2010 intake, including Chuka Umunna, MargaretCurran and Rachel Reeves, with Liz Kendall and Michael Dugher given the right...
party's constitution, albeit on a temporary basis, as was the case with Margaret Beckett in 1994. Following Brown's resignation, she quickly announced that...
1999–2016 Succeeded by Ben Macpherson Political offices Preceded by MargaretCurran Minister for Communities 2004–2006 Succeeded by Rhona Brankin Preceded by...
Constituency on 8 May 2015, taking the seat from former Labour MP MargaretCurran which was part of a historic election result that saw the SNP win 56...
Deputy Leader. Twigg's ward colleagues were both fellow future Labour MPs: Margaret Hodge and Meg Hillier. He also worked for the UK section of Amnesty International...
saw Labour struggle to appoint a candidate, eventually settling for MargaretCurran, a sitting MSP in the Scottish Parliament. The SNP, Conservatives and...
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Jim Murphy. She was previously Parliamentary Private Secretary to MargaretCurran as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and to Vernon Coaker as Shadow...
at Dunbartonshire East, when he ousted the Scottish National Party's MP Margaret Bain (later Ewing). She remained as Hogg's election agent for the 1983...