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Anne Catherine McGuire (born
26 May 1949,
Glasgow) A
Scottish politician. She is the
Labour Member of Parliament for
Stirling and
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the
Department for Work and Pensions with responsibility for disability.
Born in
Glasgow as
Anne Catherine Long, she was educated at the city's Our Lady and St Francis School and the
University of Glasgow where she was awarded a masters degree in Politics and History. She went on to study for teacher training at the Notre Dame College of Education in
Bearsden.
She worked in the
University Court of Glasgow University as both a registrar and a secretary from
1971-
1974. In
1983 she joined
Community Service Volunteers (CSV), initially as a teacher, then working as a fieldworker, she left the organisation in
1993 as its national officer. On leaving CSV, she became the Deputy Director of the
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, where she remained until her election to
Westminster in
1997.
She was the parliamentary election agent for
Norman Hogg at the
1979 General Election at
Dunbartonshire East when he ousted the
Scottish National Party's MP Margaret Bain (later
Margaret Ewing). She remained as Hogg's election agent for the
1983,
1987 and
1992 elections in his new
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency. She was elected a councillor to
Strathclyde Regional Council in
1980 and served for two years. She was a member of the Scottish Labour Party Executive from
1984 until 1997 and Chair of the Scottish Labour Party from
1992-1993. From
1987 until
1991 she was a member of the national executive of the
GMB Union
She was first elected to the House of Commons at the
1997 general election when she ousted the then
Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Forsyth by 6,411 votes. In the same year as her first election she was rewarded by becoming the
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Labour Secretary of State for Scotland,
Donald Dewar. A year later she was appointed an assistant into the
Government Whip's office, becoming a Lord Commissioner to the Treasury in
2001. She became a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the
Scotland Office in
2002, moving sideways to the
Department for Constitutional Affairs in
2003 and the
Department for Work and Pensions in
2005.
She has been married to her husband, Len, since
1972 and they've a son and a daughter. her son Paul, plays
bagpipes in the
Vatersay Boys. She is a keen linguist and speaks
French and
Gaelic. She enjoys
Ceilidh dancing and is honorary vice-president of
Glasgow University Shinty Club.
Reputation
McGuire is a strong, pro-European New Labour supporter. After nearly a decade as an MP she's never been known to vote against the Government position.
McGuire spoke in 16 Commons debates in 2004 (428th out of 659 MPs). FaxYourMP.com have recorded that she replied within 14 days to 57% of messages sent via FaxYourMP.com during 2004 (351st out of 590 MPs). She voted in 82% of Commons votes (216th out of 646 MPs).
McGuire's share of the vote has declined steadily since 1997 (47.4%), through 2001 (42.2%) to 2005 (36.0%), although her majority has remained consistent.
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