1. Mary Theresa Glindon is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend since 2024, and previously for North Tyneside from 2010 until the abolition of the constituency in 2024.
14 Facts About Mary Glindon
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Mary Glindon would go on to represent the seat for 15 years and was elected to represent Battle Hill ward 5 times.
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Mary Glindon was selected in February 2010 as Labour candidate for the Labour safe seat of North Tyneside, while a Councillor for Battle Hill Ward on North Tyneside Council, after the previous Labour MP Stephen Byers announced in November 2009 that he would not contest the next election.
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In February 2013, Mary Glindon voted against the second reading of the Marriage Act 2013, and signed a letter saying the Government had no right to redefine marriage.
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Mary Glindon is a listed member of the House of Commons' All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group.
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Mary Glindon has called for a commons debate on the badger cull, which she opposed.
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Mary Glindon is a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, and the Communities and Local Government Select Committee, as of 2010 and 2013, respectively.
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Mary Glindon was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Mary Creagh when she was Shadow Secretary of State for Transport until 2014.
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Mary Glindon supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.
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Mary Glindon was elected in the constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend in the 2024 general election with a majority of 12,817, following the abolition of the North Tyneside constituency.
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Mary Glindon is a member of the Labour Friends of Israel, and Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East.
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Mary Glindon is a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee.
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Mary Glindon has one daughter, a step-daughter and a step-son.
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Mary Glindon was widowed in April 2021 following the death of her husband.