Maureen Burke
Maureen Burke | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Anne McLaughlin |
| Majority | 4,637 (13.6%) |
| Glasgow City Council Councillor for North East | |
| In office 3 May 2012 – 2 September 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 1958 (age 67) |
| Party | Labour |
| John Wheatley College | |
Maureen Burke (born September 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North East since 2024.[1]
She was a Glasgow City Councillor, until her resignation on 2 September 2024.[2]
Career
[edit]Burke started work at Gelfer's tie manufacturing factory in Bridgeton, Glasgow in 1974. At age 39 she studied an IT course at John Wheatley College and later went on to work for a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP).[3]
Since the 2012 Glasgow City Council election, she represented the North East ward on Glasgow City Council as a Councillor,[4] and was the chair of the Glasgow City Council Operational Performance and Delivery Scrutiny Committee, until her resignation in September 2024.[5]
In February 2024, Burke, then a Glasgow City Councillor missed a sitting of Full Council, where the City's £3 billion budget for 2024/27 was debated and set, due to being on a cruise.[6]
At the 2024 general election, she was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East with a majority of 4,637 votes over the SNP incumbent, Anne McLaughlin.[7]
In the 2025 Labour deputy leadership election she nominated Lucy Powell MP.[8]
Parliamentary career
[edit]In 2025, Burke joined nine other Scottish Labour MPs in a rebellion against the governments's welfare reforms.[9]
Burke is the Chair of the new All Party Parliamentary Group on Grief Support and the Impact of Death on Society.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Burke lives in the Easterhouse area of Glasgow with her husband. She has one daughter and two granddaughters.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Election 2024 > Glasgow North East results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Glasgow by-elections to be held as two Labour MPS resign from council roles". 2 September 2024.
- ^ Hilley, Sarah (14 May 2021). "Glasgow Election 2022: North East candidates push for more police and more funding". glasgowlive.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2012". Glasgow City Council. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Glasgow by-elections to be held as two Labour MPS resign from council roles". 2 September 2024.
- ^ Gordon, Tom (16 February 2024). "Scottish Labour MP hopeful skips city budget and conference for cruise". The Herald (Glasgow). Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ^ "Election 2024 > Glasgow North East results". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Deputy Leadership Election 2025 - PLP nominations". The Labour Party. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ^ Cochrane, Angus (24 June 2025). "Quarter of Scottish Labour MPs join welfare rebellion". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ^ "APPG officer roles for Maureen Burke - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
External links
[edit]
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Profile on OpenSanctions, an open database of sanctions and persons of interest
