Mary Glindon | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Opposition Whip | |
| In office 14 April 2020 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend North Tyneside (2010–2024) | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Byers |
| Majority | 12,817 (30.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mary Theresa Mulgrove 13 January 1957[1][2] Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse |
Ray Glindon
(m. 2000; died 2021) |
| Alma mater | Newcastle Polytechnic |
| Website | Official website |
Mary Theresa Glindon[3] (née Mulgrove; born 13 January 1957) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend since 2024, and previously for North Tyneside from 2010 until the abolition of the constituency in 2024.
Early life
[edit]She attended Sacred Heart Grammar School, an RC girls' direct grant grammar school in Fenham, now known as Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Newcastle upon Tyne.[4]
North Tyneside Councillor
[edit]Glindon was first elected to represent Battle Hill ward on North Tyneside Council at the 1995 local elections. At the time of her election she went by her maiden name of Mulgrove.[5] Glindon would go on to represent the seat for 15 years[6] and was elected to represent Battle Hill ward 5 times.[5]
During her time as a Councillor Glindon served as the Civic Mayor of North Tyneside.[6]
In 2006 the Elected Mayor of North Tyneside John Harrison appointed Glindon to his Cabinet as the cabinet member for Health and Wellbeing and Older People's Champion.[7]
In 2007 she supported a motion to grant Freedom of the Borough of North Tyneside to Wallsend Boys Club.[8]
Member of Parliament
[edit]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,[9] after the previous Labour MP Stephen Byers announced in November 2009 that he would not contest the next election.[10]
At her first general election in May 2010, she won North Tyneside with a 50.7% vote share.[11]
As an MP her parliamentary voting record has included opposing the 'bedroom tax' and increasing welfare support for those unable to work due to illness or disability. She voted against raising tuition fees to £9000 and against the cut in the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for 16- to 19-year-olds. She has voted for measures to curb climate change and for measures to raise the level of income tax for those earning over £150,000.[12]
In February 2013, Glindon voted against the second reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013[13], and signed a letter saying the Government had no right to redefine marriage.[14] Subsequently, in May 2013 the MP voted against the bill's third and final reading[15], opposing the legalisation of same-sex marriage within England and Wales.
She is also a listed member of the House of Commons' All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group. [16] She has called for a commons debate on the badger cull, which she opposed.[17]
She 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. She was Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Mary Creagh when she was Shadow Secretary of State for Transport until 2014. Glindon was re-elected on 8 May 2015, with 26,191 votes and 55.9% share of the votes cast.[18]
She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.[19]
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.[20]
Parliamentary roles
[edit]Glindon is a member of the Labour Friends of Israel, and Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East.[21] She is a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee.
Personal life
[edit]Glindon is a practising Roman Catholic.[22] She married Ray Glindon, also a councillor, in 2000. She has one daughter, a step-daughter and a step-son. Glindon was widowed in April 2021 following the death of her husband.[23]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mary Glindon MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ "Mary Glindon Biography". Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8738.
- ^ "Most Influential 2019: E-G". 19 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Elections Centre - North Tyneside Results" (PDF).
- ^ a b "maryglindonmp". www.maryglindonmp.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Chronicle, Evening (14 May 2006). "Mayor sets up his new Cabinet team". nechronicle. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Freedom Handed to Famous Boys Club" - The Journal (Newcastle, England), June 14, 2007".[dead link]
- ^ "Councillor Mary Glindon". North Tyneside Council. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ "Labour select Mary Glindon for North Tyneside". Labour Matters. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ "The 2010 general election: Tyneside North". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ Profile, theyworkforyou.com; accessed 12 May 2015.
- ^ "MP-by-MP: Gay marriage vote". BBC News. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Now Labour shows the strain over gay marriage". The Independent. 18 December 2012.
- ^ "The Public Whip — Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Third Reading - 21 May 2013 at 18:59". www.publicwhip.org.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ House of Commons' All-Party Parliamentary Anti-abortion movement, publications.parliament.uk; accessed 12 May 2015.
- ^ "'Townie' MP Mary Glindon tries to stop badger TB cull". BBC News. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ "Tyneside North parliamentary constituency". Election 2015. BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Whitfield, Graeme (5 July 2024). "Newcastle East and Wallsend general election results 2024 in full". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "2014 11 – Parliamentary Notes". Labour Affairs Magazine. November 2014.
- ^ Official website; accessed 12 May 2015.
- ^ Soden, Herbert (21 April 2021). "Veteran councillor Ray Glindon dies following five year cancer battle". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
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