Anne McTaggart

Anne McTaggart MSP
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2011
Personal details
Born	30 January 1970 (1970-01-30) (age 42)
Nationality	Scottish
Political party	Labour
Committees	Local Government and Regeneration, Public Petitions
Website	www.annemctaggart.co.uk

Cllr Anne McTaggart MSP (born 30 January 1970) is a Scottish Labour party politician, Glasgow city councillor and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Glasgow region, elected as third of 3 from the Labour list in 2011.^[1]

Background

She was a social worker and local chair of the local primary school's parents council, before being elected as a councillor in 2009.^[2][3]

Political career

She is a member of the Glasgow Labour Women's Forum and the Co-operative Party.^[4]

McTaggart is a close friend and ally of former Glasgow city council leader Steven Purcell, and is close to Stephen Curran, a senior Labour councillor and the defeated 2011 candidate in the Glasgow Southside constituency.^[5][6]

Councillor

She was elected at a by-election (on 4 June 2009) as a Councillor in the Drumchapel/Anniesland ward of Glasgow City Council.^[7] The seat was previously held by SNP MSP Bill Kidd, who resigned the seat in April 2009 to focus on his parliamentary activities by ending his dual mandate as councillor and MSP.^[8]

She sits on five Committees, including the Personnel Appeals Committee, and is a member of the Education Children and Families Policy Development Committee^[9] and the West Local Community Planning Partnership.^[10] In addition she is a Councillor member of Glasgow Regeneration Agency 2011 Ltd.^[11]

Her councillor’s salary has been boosted by almost £20,000 from payments from three council ALEOs (arms length external organistaions).^[12]

Scottish Parliament

McTaggart was elected as a list MSP for the Glasgow region in the 2011 Scottish parliamentary election.

She is a member of two Scottish Parliament committees - the Local Government and Regeneration Committee and also the Public Petitions committee.

McTaggart has also received cross party support to become Deputy Convenor of the Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Credit Unions.

Controversy

Shortly after joining the Parliament, McTaggart was reported to have been disciplined in a previous post after verbally abusing and intimidating a colleague from an ethnic minority.^[13]

See also

• Politics of Glasgow

References

External links

• Scottish Parliament page

v t e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Glasgow region Elected in the 2011 election Constituency MSPs Bill Kidd (SNP, Glasgow Anniesland) · James Dornan (SNP, Glasgow Cathcart) · Sandra White (SNP, Glasgow Kelvin) · Patricia Ferguson (Lab, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) · Johann Lamont (Lab, Glasgow Pollok) · Paul Martin (Lab, Glasgow Provan) · James Kelly (Lab, Glasgow Rutherglen)  · John Mason (SNP, Glasgow Shettleston) · Nicola Sturgeon (SNP, Glasgow Southside) Additional Members Ruth Davidson (Con) · Bob Doris (SNP) · Patrick Harvie (Green) · Hanzala Malik (Lab) · Anne McTaggart (Lab) · Drew Smith (Lab)  · Humza Yousaf (SNP) Labour (7 seats), SNP (7 seats), Conservative (1 seat), Greens (1 seat)