Pat Glass
| Pat Glass MP | |
|---|---|
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| Shadow Minister for Europe | |
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Assumed office 5 January 2016 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Pat McFadden |
| Member of Parliament for North West Durham | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Hilary Armstrong |
| Majority | 7,612 (17.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 February 1957 Esh Winning, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Patricia Glass (born 14 February 1957) is an English Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham since 2010.
Early life
She was born in Esh Winning, County Durham.
Early career
Before becoming an MP, Glass worked in various positions with local education authorities, and became a Government Education Adviser specialising in Special Needs Education, and Assistant Director of Education in Sunderland and Greenwich.[1]
Political career
Glass was elected as a councillor on Lanchester Parish Council in 2007. Subsequently she was selected as the Labour Party parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, with the retirement of Hilary Armstrong at the 2010 general election.
House of Commons
Glass was elected to the House of Commons at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham. Her particular interest is education and she has sat on the Education Select Committee [2]
In 2014, Glass accused rival politicians in Parliament of "orchestrated barracking" of women with regional accents, saying "I get the impression they think women who are northerners should not be there."[3]
In September 2015, Glass was appointed as Shadow Education Minister, with responsibility for childcare by the new Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.[4] On 5 January 2016, she was named the Shadow Europe Minister after Corbyn had conducted the first reshuffle of his shadow cabinet.[5]
References
- ↑ "Pat Glass". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ↑ Profile, parliament.uk; accessed 12 May 2015.
- ↑ Morse, Felicity (17 February 2014). "Tories 'deliberately mock women MPs for their northern accents' says Pat Glass". The Independent. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ↑ Gaunt, Catherine (18 September 2015). "Pat Glass takes on shadow childcare role". Nursery World. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ↑ "Jeremy Corbyn keeps Hilary Benn as shadow foreign secretary in reshuffle". BBC News. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
External links
- North West Durham Constituency Labour Party
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Hilary Armstrong |
Member of Parliament for North West Durham 2010–present |
Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Pat McFadden |
Shadow Minister for Europe 2016–present |
Incumbent |