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CURRAN, Margaret |
Glasgow East |
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Member for Glasgow East since 2010. Committees: Member, Work and Pensions Select Committee since 2010; All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs): Street Children; Traveller Law Reform; Women, Peace and Security; British-American; Arts and Heritage. Political career: Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland since 2011; Shadow Minister for Disability 2010-11. Special political interests: Social and economic regeneration; employment and the economy; womens issues; local and international poverty. Education: Glasgow University, MA History and Economic History; Dundee College, Certificate in Community Educations. Affiliations: Member of CWU and UniteHobbies: Theatre, country music, travel. b. 24 November 1958. Married with two sons. |
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| LAB GAIN |
Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
19,979 |
61.6 |
19.9 |
10,912 |
41.7 |
| SNP |
7,957 |
24.7 |
-18.4 |
11,277 |
43.1 |
| Lib Dem |
1,617 |
5.0 |
1.5 |
915 |
3.5 |
| Conservative |
1,453 |
4.5 |
-1.8 |
1,639 |
6.3 |
| BNP |
677 |
2.1 |
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| Scottish Socialists |
454 |
1.4 |
-0.7 |
555 |
2.1 |
| UKIP |
209 |
0.6 |
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| Majority |
11,840 |
36.8 |
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365 |
1.4 |
| Turnout |
32,164 |
52.3 |
10.0 |
26,174 |
42.3 |
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