25 Facts About Margaret Moran

Margaret Mary Moran was born on 24 April 1955 and is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Margaret Moran was born in Bethnal Green, to Irish parents Patrick and Mary.

Margaret Moran went to St Ursula's High School, a Roman Catholic girls' school in Greenwich, and then to St Mary's College, a Roman Catholic college in Strawberry Hill, Twickenham.

Margaret Moran subsequently attended the University of Birmingham, gaining a Bachelor of Social Science degree in geography and sociology in 1978.

Margaret Moran was re-elected for a third term in the 2005 election, with a reduced majority.

Margaret Moran supported plans to negotiate with Spain over the status of Gibraltar, describing Gibraltar as "effectively an outpost colony within a major European partner", although she accepted that any change must have the consent of Gibraltarians.

From 2006, Margaret Moran was a member of the Home Affairs Committee, where she took an interest in helping female victims of domestic violence and in issues of child protection.

Margaret Moran was for a time chairwoman of the All-Party Group on Domestic Violence and worked with Women's Aid to launch online projects such as WomenSpeak and KidSpeak.

Margaret Moran became a member of the Hansard Society Commission on the Scrutiny of Parliament.

Margaret Moran worked with the Fawcett Society producing a publication on women's participation on the internet.

Margaret Moran had particularly high spending on stationery and postage and on staff costs.

Margaret Moran's partner had worked in Southampton for 20 years when the claim was made.

Margaret Moran had previously switched her second-home allowance from Luton to London and renovated both.

In December 2009, Gavin Shuker was selected as the Labour candidate to replace Margaret Moran and retained the seat in the general election.

Margaret Moran has said that her various expense claims could not be defended.

Margaret Moran was summoned to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 19 September 2011 where she was reported to have wept throughout the hearing.

Margaret Moran was sent to Southwark Crown Court for trial on 30 October 2011; she failed to appear and a 'not guilty' plea was entered by default in her absence.

In March 2010, Margaret Moran was one of the MPs involved in offering influential political lobbying for financial reward in a sting operation set up by the Channel 4 Dispatches programme.

Margaret Moran claimed that she could call on a "girls' gang" of female ministers to help, and yet, while she appeared to be enthusiastically courting the fake company, half an hour after the meeting her office told a reporter that she was unavailable to do any work on behalf of her constituents because she was "not very well at the moment".

Margaret Moran claimed that "This meeting was the beginning of an attempt to rebuild my life".

Margaret Moran repeatedly used House of Commons headed paper to write letters in support of EQN, without disclosing her involvement with the company.

The Financial Times obtained copies of letters written by Margaret Moran supporting eQuality Networks' funding bids and personal invitations to eQuality Networks events.

Margaret Moran denied committing the offence and claimed her husband "has no part in the running of the organisation".

Margaret Moran was ordered to make the area as it was.

In 2007 the Guardian claimed Margaret Moran had been exploiting interns insisting they work for the company eQuality Networks rather than doing political work.