1. Conor Patrick McGinn was born on 31 July 1984 and is a British and Irish politician who served as the Member of Parliament for St Helens North from 2015 to 2024.
16 Facts About Conor McGinn
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Conor McGinn was born on 31 July 1984 in Camlough, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and brought up in the nearby village of Bessbrook.
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Conor McGinn's mother was an NHS clerical officer, and his father was a Sinn Fein councillor.
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Conor McGinn studied at Goldsmiths, University of London, but did not initially complete his degree, remaining in London working for a mental health charity for Irish immigrants, Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy, and later for the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas.
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Conor McGinn later completed his history, politics and Irish studies degree part-time at London Metropolitan University.
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Conor McGinn stood to be a councillor on Islington London Borough Council in 2006 and 2010 without success.
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Conor McGinn has been on the executive of the Fabian Society and until 2012 was chair of the Labour Party Irish Society.
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Conor McGinn worked as a public affairs and government relations consultant, before becoming an advisor to shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Vernon Coaker in 2011, and continued to work for Coaker when he became shadow defence secretary.
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Conor McGinn supported Andy Burnham's bid for the leadership of the Labour Party in 2015.
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Conor McGinn nominated Owen Smith in the 2016 leadership election.
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In July 2016, he was involved in a Twitter spat with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, in which Conor McGinn claimed that Corbyn "said that he intended to ring my father", a former Sinn Fein councillor.
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In February 2020, Conor McGinn supported the campaign for Helen's Law, working with Marie McCourt to successfully introduce a Private Members Bill and getting the Government to commit to introducing tougher penalties for murderers who refuse to reveal the location of their victims' remains.
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On 9 April 2020, Conor McGinn was appointed as Shadow Minister for Security.
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In December 2022 Conor McGinn was suspended by the Labour Party following an unspecified complaint.
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On 5 May 2023, Conor McGinn announced he would be standing down at the 2024 general election.
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Conor McGinn married Kate Groucutt around 2009, and has a son and a daughter.