{{Short description|British politician (born 1953)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | name = Fiona Mactaggart | honorific_suffix = | image = Fiona McTaggart MP for Slough.jpg | caption = Mactaggart in 2005 | office = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Criminal Justice, Race and Victims]] | term_start = 13 June 2003 | term_end = 5 May 2006 | prime_minister = [[Tony Blair]] | predecessor = [[Hilary Benn]] | successor = [[Gerry Sutcliffe]] | office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Slough (UK Parliament constituency)|Slough]] | term_start1 = 1 May 1997 | term_end1 = 3 May 2017 | predecessor1 = [[John Arthur Watts]] | successor1 = [[Tan Dhesi]] | birth_name = Fiona Margaret Mactaggart | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|09|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = London, England | spouse = | party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] | relations = [[Mactaggart Baronets|Sir Ian Mactaggart Bt]]<br /> [[Sir Herbert Williams]] | children = | alma_mater = [[Cheltenham Ladies' College]]<br />[[King's College London]]<br />[[University College London]]<br />[[Goldsmiths University of London]] | occupation = | profession = Teaching | signature = | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100318055409/http://www.fionamactaggart.org.uk/ www.fionamactaggart.org.uk] | footnotes = }} '''Fiona Margaret Mactaggart''' (born 12 September 1953) is a British politician and former primary school teacher who has been chair of the [[Fawcett Society]] since 2018. A member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], she was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Slough (UK Parliament constituency)|Slough]] from [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]] to [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]].
==Early life and career== [[File:Montpellier Street - geograph.org.uk - 991198.jpg|thumb|left|Cheltenham Ladies' College]] Fiona Margaret Mactaggart was born at [[The London Clinic]] on 12 September 1953.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/825601702/|title = Births|newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]]|date = 15 September 1953|page = 10|url-access = subscription|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = 25 May 2025|quote = MacTAGGART.—On Sept. 12, 1953, at the London Clinic [...] to Rosemary (née Williams) [...] wife of Ian A. MacTaggart, a daughter (Fiona Margaret)}}</ref> She was educated at the independent [[Cheltenham Ladies' College]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Mactaggart, Rt Hon. Fiona, (born 12 Sept. 1953), PC 2015; Chair, Fawcett Society, since 2018|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-26227|access-date=2021-09-12|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U26227|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4}}</ref> She read for a BA in English at [[King's College London]], an [[Master of Arts|MA]] at the [[Institute of Education]] and a [[Postgraduate Certificate in Education|PGCE]] at [[Goldsmiths, University of London]]. While at university, she was an outspoken member of the [[Young Students and Socialists Society]] and sought to live down her school days at Cheltenham Ladies' College.
Mactaggart was vice-president and National Secretary of the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students]] from 1978 to 1981. She was Press and Public Relations Officer for the [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]] (NCVO) for six months before being General Secretary of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jcwi.org.uk|title=The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants – Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants|website=jcwi.org.uk}}</ref> from 1982 to 1987. She was a primary school teacher in [[Peckham]] from 1987 to 1992, noting "I have a voice that children can hear at the other end of the playground".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/mar/16/profiles.parliament14 | work=The Guardian|location=London | title=Fiona Mactaggart | date=16 March 2001}}</ref>
She was elected to [[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth Council]] in 1986 to represent the [[Shaftesbury Park Estate|Shaftesbury ward]] and was Leader of the Labour Group from 1988 to 1990, when she lost her seat.<ref name="election90">{{cite book |last1=Minors |first1=Michael |title=London Borough Council Elections : 3 May 1990 |date=1990 |publisher=London Research Centre |location=London |isbn=1852611154 |page=82 |url=http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1990-5-3.pdf |access-date=14 December 2020 |ref=borough |archive-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121092859/http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1990-5-3.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="elections86">{{cite book |title=London Borough Council elections : 8 May 1986 |date=1986 |publisher=London Residuary Body - Research and Intelligence Unit |location=London |isbn=1852610034 |page=72 |url=http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1986-5-8.pdf |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=29 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829012214/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1986-5-8.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 1992 to 1997, she was a lecturer in Primary Education at the Institute of Education and Chair of [[Liberty (pressure group)|Liberty]], the civil liberties rights pressure group. While a primary school teacher, she decided to become an MP, as being able to change the world "thirty kids at a time" seemed too slow for her.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1337054/Just-dont-assume-too-much-about-this-millionairess.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Rachel | last=Sylvester | title=Just don't assume too much about this millionairess | date=11 August 2001}}</ref> She is a [[feminist]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/news/fawcett-society-appoints-fiona-mactaggart-as-new-chair | title=Fawcett Society appoints Fiona Mactaggart as new Chair | date=30 April 2018 }}</ref>
==Parliamentary career== Mactaggart was elected as Labour MP for Slough in 1997. She was selected to stand for election for Labour through an [[all-women shortlists|all-women shortlist]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/seats-with-labour-candidates-from-allfemale-shortlists-1323052.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |title=Seats with Labour candidates from all-female shortlists |date=9 January 1996 |access-date=13 June 2009 | location=London}}</ref> From May 2003, until she asked to leave her post in the 5 May 2006 Cabinet reshuffle, she served at the [[Home Office]] as [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Criminal Justice, Race and Victims]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Home Office|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/home-office-z8x8szn5lx3|access-date=2021-12-14|issn=0140-0460|work=[[The Times]]|date=11 May 2005}}</ref>
In 2004, Mactaggart attracted criticism for a reluctance to condemn violent protests by [[Sikhs]] which led to the cancellation of the play ''[[Behzti]]'' at the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnAmle9e7AMC&q=%22fiona+mactaggart%22+born+glasgow&pg=PA849|title=The Almanac of British Politics|first1=Robert|last1=Waller|first2=Byron|last2=Criddle|date=16 August 2018|publisher=Taylor & Francis|via=Google Books|isbn=9780415378246}}</ref> Around a thousand protesters stormed the production, set in a temple, at the opening of the curtain. Speaking on [[BBC Radio 4]], Mactaggart said: "I think that when people are moved by theatre to protest, in a way that's a sign of the [[free speech]] which is so much part of the British tradition. I think that it's a great thing that people care enough about a performance to protest". Mactaggart also suggested the play and its author would benefit from the violent protests, adding that the controversy was "a sign of a lively flourishing cultural life".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1479574/Minister-defends-rights-of-protesters-as-Sikh-play-closes.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Nick | last=Britten | title=Minister defends rights of protesters as Sikh play closes | date=22 December 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1479577/Violent-protests-will-benefit-axed-Sikh-play-says-minister.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Nick | last=Britten | title=Violent protests will benefit axed Sikh play, says minister | date=22 December 2004}}</ref>
In November 2008, Mactaggart attracted criticism for using unreliable statistics during a parliamentary debate on prostitution.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7819000/7819457.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Women in prostitution 'controlled' | date=9 January 2009}}</ref> Mactaggart was asked how those criminalised by a new law were supposed to know if a prostitute had been trafficked or not. She replied "I think they can guess... something like 80% of women in prostitution are controlled by their drug dealer, their pimp, or their trafficker."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gdz3t |title=BBC iPlayer – More or Less: Sex Workers – Babylonian Numbers – Credit Crunch Maths: Journalism<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-date=3 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303064116/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00gdz3t/More_or_Less_Sex_Workers_Babylonian_Numbers_Credit_Crunch_Maths_Journalism/ |url-status=live }}</ref> When questioned on her claim she stated that it "came from an official Government publication into prostitution and the sex trade".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/rosaprince/8063087/Fiona_Mactaggart_and_the_dodgy_prostitution_statistics/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912203714/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/rosaprince/8063087/Fiona_Mactaggart_and_the_dodgy_prostitution_statistics/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 September 2010 | work=The Daily Telegraph| location=London | title=Fiona Mactaggart and the dodgy prostitution statistics | date=9 January 2009 | access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref> However, a [[BBC]] magazine article states that "it is impossible to find that number in any research done on this subject." The Home Office have also stated that they "do not endorse or use the figure that 80 per cent of prostitutes are controlled by others".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7819984.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Is the number of trafficked call girls a myth? | date=9 January 2009 | access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref> The controversy continued in January 2009 when Mactaggart told the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] that she regarded all women prostitutes as the victims of trafficking, because their route into the sector "almost always involves coercion, enforced addiction to drugs and violence from their pimps or traffickers." Again this claim is not supported by any known research.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/oct/20/trafficking-numbers-women-exaggerated | work=The Guardian|location=London | first=Nick | last=Davies | title=Prostitution and trafficking – the anatomy of a moral panic | date=20 October 2009}}</ref>
She tabled a [[private members' bills in the Parliament of the United Kingdom|private member's bill]] in 2010 calling for businesses to report on modern slavery in their [[supply chain]]s.<ref>Home Office, [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a80d4e340f0b62305b8d65a/2015-02-12_TISC_Consultation_FINAL.pdf Modern Slavery and Supply Chains Consultation], page 10, published on 12 February 2015, accessed on 29 July 2025</ref>
In May 2011, Mactaggart was criticised by the Association of Political Thought for calling some of the views of [[London School of Economics]] professor of political and gender theory [[Anne Phillips (professor)|Anne Phillips]] "frankly nauseating" because of her supposed support for prostitution. This assessment was based on the existence of a question on an LSE reading list about the ethical differences between legal waged labour and prostitution.<ref>{{cite web|author=OurKingdom |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/ourkingdom/mp-attacks-lse-professor-over-feminist-political-theory-course |title=MP attacks LSE professor over feminist political theory course |publisher=OurKingdom |date=29 May 2011 |access-date=31 May 2011 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Hansard |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110518/halltext/110518h0001.htm#11051885000001 |title=Hansard Record of 18th May 2001 |publisher=Hansard |date=18 May 2011 |access-date=31 May 2011 |location=London}}</ref> Mactaggart had previously caused controversy with her hard-line approach to the issue of prostitution by comparing men who use prostitutes to abusers of children, stating "I don't think most men who use prostitutes think of themselves as [[child abuse]]rs, but they are".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/zero-tolerance-for-kerb-crawlers-1015703l|title=Zero tolerance for kerb crawlers|work=Manchester Evening News|date=4 January 2006}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jan/15/ukcrime.children | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Gaby | last=Hinsliff | title=Men who pay for sex are 'as bad as child abusers' | date=15 January 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1136/bmj.332.7535.245 |pmc=1352075 |title=Prostitution shake-up: One sex worker's view |journal=BMJ |volume=332 |issue=7535 |pages=245.1 |year=2006 }}</ref>
In October 2013, Mactaggart was one of only six Labour MPs – the others being [[Diane Abbott]], [[Jeremy Corbyn]], [[Kelvin Hopkins]], [[John McDonnell]] and [[Dennis Skinner]] – to oppose [[Theresa May]]'s [[Immigration Act 2014]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 November 2013|title=Stop the Immigration Bill: a "regime of harassment for migrants" • Right to Remain|url=https://righttoremain.org.uk/stop-the-immigration-bill-a-regime-of-harassment-for-migrants/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Right to Remain}}</ref> Four years later, the bill resulted in the [[Windrush scandal]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Snead|first=Florence|date=19 April 2018|title=Windrush: How Jeremy Corbyn, Theresa May and other MPs voted on the Immigration Act 2014|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/windrush-immigration-act-corbyn-may-145894|access-date=25 November 2020|website=inews.co.uk}}</ref>
In February 2014 Mactaggart asked the [[Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]], [[Iain Duncan Smith]], if he would "make it his policy not to offer job subsidies for employing teenagers as auxiliary workers in adult entertainment establishments".<ref name="McVey">{{cite hansard |jurisdiction= United Kingdom |title= Employment: Sex Establishments (written question) | url = https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140211/text/140211w0002.htm#140211101000116 |house= [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] |date= 11 February 2014 |column_start= 583W |column_end= 584W |speaker= Fiona Mactaggart ''([[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Slough (UK Parliament constituency)|Slough]])'' and [[Esther McVey]] ''([[Department for Work and Pensions|Minister of State for Employment]])'' }}</ref> Her question related to employers in the adult entertainment industry being offered over £2,000 incentive from the [[Department for Work and Pensions]] for every unemployed young person (aged 18–24) that they hired.<ref>{{cite news | last = Piggott | first = Mark | title = UK Government pays sex clubs to employ teenage girls | work = [[International Business Times]] | publisher = [[IBT Media]] | date = 16 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{citation | last = Department for Work and Pensions | author-link = Department for Work and Pensions | contribution = Chapter 20: Youth Contract – Wage Incentive Scheme | title = Work Programme provider guidance (Work Choice only): treatment of different types of employment | pages = 4–5 | publisher = [[Government of the United Kingdom|HM Government]] | url = https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/462504/wp-pg-chapter-20.pdf | date = 2010 }}</ref> [[Esther McVey]], the [[Department for Work and Pensions|Minister of State for Employment]], stated that "The [[Welfare Reform Act 2012]] ensured that vacancies which involve performing sexual activities were banned from being advertised on Government websites and a distinction was made in law to differentiate between performers and ancillary workers."<ref name="McVey" />
Later in 2014 Mactaggart was appointed to the [[Intelligence and Security Committee]].<ref name=parl-bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/fiona-mactaggart/12 |title=Fiona Mactaggart MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=15 December 2014}}</ref> She abstained in the September 2014 vote on whether or not to enter the war against [[ISIL]].<ref name=hansard-20140926>{{cite news |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140926/debtext/140926-0003.htm#divlst_0 |title=Iraq: Coalition against Isil |id=26 Sep 2014 : Column 1360 |publisher=UK Parliament |work=Hansard |date=26 September 2014 |access-date=15 December 2014}}</ref>
In March 2015, she was appointed to the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom]] and therefore granted the title [[The Right Honourable]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Privy Council appointments: March 2015|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/privy-council-appointments-march-2015|website=Press release|publisher=Prime Minister's Office|access-date=13 March 2015|date=12 March 2015}}</ref>
Mactaggart stood down prior to the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], citing how divisive politics had become.<ref>{{cite news|last=Batchelor|first=Tom|date=20 April 2017|title=Fiona McTaggart stands down as Labour MP while Jeremy Corbyn gives key speech|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/general-election-fiona-mactaggart-labour-mp-stand-down-jeremy-corbyn-key-speech-slough-a7692551.html|access-date=20 April 2017}}</ref> After standing down, she became chair of the [[Fawcett Society]] the following year.<ref name=":0" />
==Personal life== In 2003, Mactaggart received cancer treatment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-04-22 |title=Blair's babes 10 years on |url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/apr/22/women.labour1 |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=The Guardian|location=London}}</ref>
Her father, the late [[Mactaggart baronets|Sir Ian Mactaggart, Bt]], was a multimillionaire Glasgow property developer, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate and [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]]. Her mother's father, [[Sir Herbert Williams, 1st Baronet|Sir Herbert Williams, Bt]], was a Conservative Member of Parliament for 27 years. Her great-grandfather was Sir John Mactaggart, the first treasurer of the first branch of [[Keir Hardie]]'s Labour Party. Her father left her a fifth of his £6.5m [[Estate (law)|estate]], and it is thought she was the second richest Labour MP. Critics often make an issue of Mactaggart's considerable wealth, with journalist [[Benedict Brogan]] describing her as "a Scottish laird who is as wealthy as she is humourless".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1344548/Yesterday-in-Parliament.html | work=The Daily Telegraph| location=London | title=Yesterday in Parliament | first=Michael | last=Kallenbach | date=23 June 2000 | access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
Mactaggart owns three homes, one in London, one on the [[Isle of Islay]] and a flat in Slough.<ref>[http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/article-11340-slough-mp-speaks-out-on-expenses/ Slough MP speaks out on expenses<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613004317/http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/article-11340-slough-mp-speaks-out-on-expenses/ |date=13 June 2012 }}</ref> She has [[multiple sclerosis]] and is an [[ovarian cancer]] survivor.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm111012/halltext/111012h0001.htm#11101256000495|title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 12 Oct 2011 (pt 0001)|first=Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons|last=Westminster|website=publications.parliament.uk}}</ref> Her sister stood as a Parliamentary candidate for the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] in [[Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)|Devizes]] in the [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 General Election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=UK General election results April 9th 1992 [Archive]|website=politicsresources.net|access-date=25 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Mactaggart donated £300,000 to the Labour Party in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/09/the-labour-donors-from-tory-defectors-to-a-supermarket-scion | title= The Labour donors: from Tory defectors to a supermarket scion | work=The Guardian|location=London | first=Rowena | last=Mason | date=9 October 2023 | access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Fiona Mactaggart}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100318055409/http://www.fionamactaggart.org.uk/ Fiona Mactaggart MP] official constituency site * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050404144816/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/inside/org/ministers/mactaggart.html Profile] at the Home Office *{{UK MP links | parliament = fiona-mactaggart/12 | hansard = ms-fiona-mactaggart | hansardcurr = 1635 | guardian = 3291/fiona-mactaggart | publicwhip = Fiona_Mactaggart | theywork = fiona_mactaggart | record = Fiona-Mactaggart/Slough/1061 | bbc = 25187.stm | journalisted = fiona-mactaggart }} * [https://www.theguardian.com/society/2003/mar/20/publicvoices68 Profiles 2003, 2002, 2001], The Guardian * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/3473665.stm Fiona MacTaggart], BBC News, 9 February 2004 * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4115301.stm Public schools face charity test], BBC News, 21 December 2004 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111002232129/http://www.sloughlabour.co.uk/ slough labour party website]
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