Anne McGuire

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Anne McGuire

Anne McGuire is the Labour MP for Stirling. She was elected in May 1997. [1]

Having spent years in Parliament McGuire has devoted herself to her constituency and has worked to promote her main political interests of rural development, the European Union and urban regeneration throughout her varying roles in Westminster.

Background

As a longstanding Labour Party member McGuire has carried out a number of different roles in Parliament. Firstly serving as the parliamentary private secretary to Donald Dewar, the then secretary of state for Scotland from November 1997 to July 1998. Following on from this, she took on the role of assistant government whip and was then appointed a lord commisioner to the Treasury in June 2001. [2]

In June 2002 McGuire went on to became parliamentary under secretary of state at the Scotland office. From 2005 until October 2008 she was minister for disabled people at the Department for Work and Pensions. [2] McGuire also served as the parliamentary private secretary to Ed Miliband from October 2010 to October 2011. [2]

In the 2015 New year's Honours List Anne was appointed DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for political and parliamentary services.

Contact

Parliamentary

  • Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
  • Telephone: 020 7219 5014
  • Fax: 020 7219 2503; 020 7219 0792
  • Email: anne.mcguire.mp@parliament.uk

Constituency

  • Address: 22 Viewfield Street, Stirling, FK8 1UA
  • Telephone: 01786 446515
  • Fax: 01786 446513

Web & Social media

Notes

  1. Anne McGurie MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 12 March 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 About Anne McGuire Anne McGuire MP, accessed 12 March 2015