Ann McKechin was born on 22 April 1961 and is a former British Labour Party politician and was Member of Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill from 2001 until 2005 and Glasgow North from 2005 to 2015.
11 Facts About Ann McKechin
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Ann McKechin was a junior minister under Gordon Brown before becoming a member of Shadow Cabinet of Ed Miliband.
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Ann McKechin lost her seat to the Scottish National Party in the landslide at the 2015 general election.
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Ann McKechin joined the Glasgow-based Pacitti Jones solicitors in 1983 as a solicitor, becoming a partner in 1990, she left the practice in 2000.
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Ann McKechin was selected as a candidate for the 1999 European election, but failed to be elected.
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Ann McKechin was elected to the House of Commons at the 2001 general election for the Glasgow Maryhill constituency, following the retirement of the previous Labour MP, Maria Fyfe.
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Ann McKechin retained the Maryhill seat with a majority of nearly 10,000 votes.
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Ann McKechin served on a number of select committees including; Scottish Affairs and International Development.
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Ann McKechin replaced David Cairns as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Scotland Office on 16 September 2008.
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In October 2010, Ann McKechin was elected to the Shadow Cabinet and appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, but was replaced by Margaret Curran in shadow cabinet reshuffle on 7 October 2011.
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Ann McKechin lost her seat to Patrick Grady of the Scottish National Party at the 2015 general election.