Rosemary McKenna

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Rosemary McKenna CBE (born 8 May 1941 as Rosemary Harvey) is a Scottish Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She is Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East.[1]

McKenna was first elected in 1997 to represent the former Cumbernauld and Kilsyth seat, which she retained at the 2001 election.

The seat was abolished for the 2005 general election and she contested the new Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency, winning with a 1.1% swing against her to the Scottish National Party.

Born in Glasgow to an Irish father and a Scottish mother,[1] she was previously a primary school teacher before becoming a local councillor and eventual Provost of the former Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council.

She was responsible for chairing the Labour Party's vetting procedure for candidates for the first election for the Scottish Parliament. This process saw many of the more left-oriented candidates rejected, including Dennis Canavan, Ian Davidson, Michael Connarty, all of whom were sitting Members of Parliament at the time, as well as Tommy Shephard, a former General Secretary of the Labour Party in Scotland.

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  1. ^ a b "Daily Hansard", Parliament.uk website, 15 November 2006.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Norman Hogg		 Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
1997–2005		 Succeeded by
(constituency abolished)
Preceded by
(new constituency)		 Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
2005 – present		 Incumbent
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