Margaret Curran | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2003 | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | |
In office 7 October 2011 – 11 May 2015 | |
Leader | Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Ann McKechin |
Succeeded by | Ian Murray |
Shadow Minister for Disabled People | |
In office 7 October 2010 – 8 October 2011 | |
Leader | Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Mark Harper |
Succeeded by | Anne McGuire |
Minister for Parliamentary Business | |
In office 4 October 2004 – 17 May 2007 | |
First Minister | Jack McConnell |
Preceded by | Patricia Ferguson |
Succeeded by | Bruce Crawford (2011) |
Minister for Communities[1] | |
In office 9 May 2002 – 4 October 2004 | |
First Minister | Jack McConnell |
Preceded by | Iain Gray |
Succeeded by | Malcolm Chisholm |
Member of Parliament for Glasgow East | |
In office 6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015 | |
Preceded by | John Mason |
Succeeded by | Natalie McGarry |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston | |
In office 6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Margaret Patricia Curran 24 November 1958 Glasgow, Scotland |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Rab Murray |
Children | 2, including Chris |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
Margaret Patricia Curran (born 24 November 1958) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She served in the British House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2010 to 2015 and was Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2011 until 2015. She was previously the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Baillieston from 1999 to 2011, and held a number of posts within the Scottish Executive, including Minister for Parliamentary Business, Minister for Social Justice and Minister for Communities.