Margaret Curran
Profile
Margaret Curran is a British politician and member of the House of Lords. A long-standing figure in Scottish politics, she served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston from 1999 to 2011, holding various ministerial roles including Minister for Communities. She later served as the Member of Parliament for Glasgow East from 2010 to 2015 and held the position of Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland. In 2025, she was created a life peer and briefly served as a Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. She is known for her extensive career in Labour student and national politics.
Details
- Born
- 1958-11-24 · 67 years old
- Birth place
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Education
- University of Glasgow (MA in History and Economic History)
- Career
- Community worker, lecturer in community education at the University of Strathclyde
