Anne McTaggart
Encyclopedia
Cllr Anne McTaggart MSP is a Scottish
Labour party
politician, Glasgow city councillor and Member
of the Scottish Parliament
for the Glasgow region
, elected as third of 3 from the Labour list in 2011.
, before being elected as a councillor in 2009.
.
McTaggart is a close friend and ally of former Glasgow city council leader Steven Purcell
, and is close to Stephen Curran, a senior Labour councillor and the defeated 2011 candidate in the Glasgow Southside constituency
.
/Anniesland
ward of Glasgow City Council. The seat was previously held by SNP MSP Bill Kidd, who resigned the seat in April 2009 to focus on his parliamentary
activities by ending his dual mandate as councillor and MSP.
She sits on five Committees, including the Personnel Appeals Committee, and is a member of the Education Children and Families Policy Development Committee and the West Local Community Planning Partnership. In addition she is a Councillor member of Glasgow Regeneration Agency 2011 Ltd.
Her councillor’s salary has been boosted by almost £20,000 from payments from three council ALEOs (arms length external organistaions).
in the 2011 Scottish parliamentary election.
She is a member of the Scottish Parliamentary Committee for Economy, Energy and Tourism.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
Labour party
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....
politician, Glasgow city councillor and Member
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Member of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...
of the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
for the Glasgow region
Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Glasgow is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament , which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament...
, elected as third of 3 from the Labour list in 2011.
Background
She was a social worker and local chair of the local primary school's parents councilParent-Teacher Association
In the U.S. a parent-teacher association or Parent-Teacher-Student Association is a formal organization composed of parents, teachers and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a public or private school. Most public and private K-8 schools in the U.S. have a PTA, a...
, before being elected as a councillor in 2009.
Political career
She is a member of the Glasgow Labour Women's Forum and the Co-operative PartyCo-operative Party
The Co-operative Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom committed to supporting and representing co-operative principles. The party does not put up separate candidates for any UK election itself. Instead, Co-operative candidates stand jointly with the Labour Party as "Labour...
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McTaggart is a close friend and ally of former Glasgow city council leader Steven Purcell
Steven Purcell
Steven Purcell is a former Scottish Labour Party politician and was councillor for the Drumchapel and Anniesland ward in Glasgow and is a former leader of Glasgow City Council. He was Leader of the Council from 24 May 2005 until 2 March 2010 when he announced he would be standing down from this...
, and is close to Stephen Curran, a senior Labour councillor and the defeated 2011 candidate in the Glasgow Southside constituency
Glasgow Southside (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Glasgow Southside is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...
.
Councillor
She was elected at a by-election (on 4 June 2009) as a Councillor in the DrumchapelDrumchapel
Drumchapel , known to locals and residents as 'The Drum', is part of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, having been annexed from Dunbartonshire in 1938. It borders Bearsden to the east and Clydebank to the west . The area is bordered by Knightswood and Yoker in Glasgow. The name derives from the...
/Anniesland
Anniesland
Anniesland is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and centres around the junction of the Great Western Road and Crow Road; also known as Anniesland Cross....
ward of Glasgow City Council. The seat was previously held by SNP MSP Bill Kidd, who resigned the seat in April 2009 to focus on his parliamentary
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
activities by ending his dual mandate as councillor and MSP.
She sits on five Committees, including the Personnel Appeals Committee, and is a member of the Education Children and Families Policy Development Committee and the West Local Community Planning Partnership. In addition she is a Councillor member of Glasgow Regeneration Agency 2011 Ltd.
Her councillor’s salary has been boosted by almost £20,000 from payments from three council ALEOs (arms length external organistaions).
Scottish Parliament
McTaggart was elected as a list MSP for the Glasgow regionGlasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
Glasgow is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament , which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament...
in the 2011 Scottish parliamentary election.
She is a member of the Scottish Parliamentary Committee for Economy, Energy and Tourism.