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Scottish SNP politician

Anne McTaggart Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow In office 5 May 2011 – 24 March 2016 Personal details Born (1970-01-30) 30 January 1970 (age 56) Coatbridge, Scotland Party Scottish National Party (2019–present)[1] Other political affiliations Scottish Labour (Pre-2019) Alma mater University of Strathclyde Committees Local Government and Regeneration, Public Petitions Website www.annemctaggart.co.uk

**Anne Margaret McTaggart** (born 30 January 1970) is a [Scottish National Party](/source/Scottish_National_Party) (SNP) politician, and a [Glasgow city councillor](/source/Glasgow_City_Council). She was previously a [Scottish Labour](/source/Scottish_Labour) [Member of the Scottish Parliament](/source/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament) (MSP) for [the Glasgow region](/source/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)) from 2011 to 2016.

## Background

Anne McTaggart was a Community Development worker[2] and chair of the local school Blairdardie Primary's [parents council](/source/Parent-Teacher_Association), before being elected to [Glasgow City Council](/source/Glasgow_City_Council) in a by-election in 2009.[3][4]

## Political career

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McTaggart was a member of the Glasgow Labour Women's Forum and the [Co-operative Party](/source/Co-operative_Party).[5]

### Councillor

She was elected as a Councillor in the [Drumchapel/Anniesland ward](/source/Drumchapel%2FAnniesland_(ward)) of [Glasgow City Council](/source/Glasgow_City_Council) at a [by-election (on 4 June 2009)](/source/2007_Glasgow_City_Council_election).[4][6] The seat was previously held by [SNP](/source/Scottish_National_Party) MSP [Bill Kidd](/source/Bill_Kidd), who resigned in April 2009 to focus on his [parliamentary](/source/Scottish_Parliament) activities by ending his dual mandate as councillor and MSP.[7]

She sat on five Committees, including the Personnel Appeals Committee, and was a member of the Education Children and Families Policy Development Committee[8] and the West Local Community Planning Partnership.[9] In addition she was a Councillor member of Glasgow Regeneration Agency 2011 Ltd.[10]

A year after becoming an MSP, she did not seek re-election to Glasgow City Council in the [2012 local election](/source/2012_Glasgow_City_Council_election), thus ending her dual mandate.

### Scottish Parliament

McTaggart was elected as a [list MSP for the Glasgow region](/source/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)) in the [2011 Scottish Parliament election](/source/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election).[11] The result was something of a surprise, as Labour lost five local constituency seats to the SNP and had three members selected from their additional list (from none in [2007](/source/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election)), the last of whom was McTaggart.[2]

She was Scottish Labour's Shadow Minister for Democracy, a member of the European and External Relations Committee and a Substitute member of the Equal Opportunities Committee.

McTaggart received cross-party support to become Convener of the Cross Party Group on Poland, and Deputy Convenor of the following Scottish Parliament CPGs: Credit Unions, Social Enterprise and Tibet.

In November 2012, the BBC reported that McTaggart used her Parliamentary expenses to purchase books including *Public Speaking and Presentation for Dummies*, *The Scottish Parliament: An Introduction* and several books on Labour politician [Barbara Castle](/source/Barbara_Castle). The books were purchased for her mentoring scheme to encourage access to politics for women.[12][13]

In the [2016 Scottish Parliament election](/source/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election), McTaggart did not stand for a constituency and was selected in twelfth position on the Labour [additional member](/source/Additional_member_system) list for Glasgow,[14] effectively ending her tenure before the vote took place (a large number of the candidates listed above her would have to win their constituency seat, in addition to several more as well as her being added from the region, almost an impossibility under the proportional system).

### Return to council

After losing her Holyrood seat, in the [2017 Glasgow City Council election](/source/2017_Glasgow_City_Council_election) she was returned as a Councillor, again in the Drumchapel/Anniesland ward.

In November 2019, she announced that she joined the [Scottish National Party](/source/Scottish_National_Party) and said that the Scottish Labour was not doing a good job in Glasgow.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Party_switch_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Party_switch_1-1) Hunter, Catherine (1 November 2019). ["Former Glasgow Labour MSP Anne McTaggart switches to join SNP"](https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/18009367.former-labour-msp-switches-join-snp/). *[Evening Times](/source/Evening_Times)*. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-probe_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-probe_2-1) [New Labour MSP faces probe over verbal abuse of colleague](https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13031072.new-labour-msp-faces-probe-over-verbal-abuse-of-colleague/), The Herald, 4 June 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Labour Wins Anniesland By-election](http://www.localnewsglasgow.co.uk/2009/06/labour-wins-anniesland-by-election/)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-guard_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-guard_4-1) [As the old guard departs, has the time come for Glasgow's reformer?](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/may/31/steven-purcell-glasgow-labour-elections), The Guardian, 31 May 2009

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Parliaments News – BBC News"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140824094806/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/90744.stm). *BBC News*. Archived from [the original](http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/90744.stm) on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GlasgowCouncil1_6-0)** ["Glasgow City Council – Councillors"](http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/councillorsandcommittees/member.asp?id=34&t=Councillor+Anne+McTaggart). *Glasgow City Council*. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Labour wins Anniesland by-election](http://www.localnewsglasgow.co.uk/2009/06/labour-wins-anniesland-by-election/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["STV"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172642/http://local.stv.tv/south-lanarkshire/public-information/politics/msp/). Archived from [the original](http://local.stv.tv/south-lanarkshire/public-information/politics/msp/) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GlasgowCouncil2_9-0)** ["Glasgow City Council – Committee Membership For: Anne McTaggart"](http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/councillorsandcommittees/member.asp?id=34&t=Councillor+Anne+McTaggart). *Glasgow City Council*. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GlasgowCouncil3_10-0)** ["Glasgow City Council – Outside Body Membership: Anne McTaggart"](http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/councillorsandcommittees/outsideMembership.asp?id=34&name=Anne+McTaggart). *Glasgow City Council*. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BBCNews_11-0)** ["Vote 2011 – Scottish Elections – Regions – Glasgow"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/region/html/36139.stm). *BBC News*. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-DailyRecord_12-0)** ["Revealed: Holyrood expenses payouts include Labour MSP who bought public speaking guide 'for dummies'"](http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/revealed-holyrood-expenses-payouts-include-1460086). *Daily Record*. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["MSP expenses rise to almost £13m"](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20510924). *BBC News*. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** [Scottish Labour announce list candidates for May's election](https://labourlist.org/2016/02/scottish-labour-announce-list-candidates-for-mays-election/), Labour List, 6 February 2016

## External links

- Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: [Anne McTaggart](https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/anne-mctaggart)

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