Marlyn Glen

{{Short description|Scottish politician (born 1951)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Marlyn Glen |image = Marlyn-Glen.jpg |caption = Glen in 2009 |constituency_MP = [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|North East Scotland]]<br />{{nobold|(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)}} |parliament = Scottish |term_start = 1 May 2003 |term_end = 22 March 2011 |predecessor = |successor = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|09|30|df=yes}} |birth_place = [[Dundee]], Scotland |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Scottish Labour Party]] |alma_mater = [[Open University]], [[University of St Andrews]] |website = [http://www.mglen.org.uk/index.htm] }} '''Marlyn Glen''' (born 30 September 1951) is a [[Scottish Labour Party]] politician. She was a [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) for the [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|North East Scotland]] region from 2003 to 2011.<ref name="session3">{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/26582.aspx|title=Previous MSPs: Session 3 (2007–2011): Marlyn Glen |publisher=Scottish Parliament|accessdate=14 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Dundee/article/4646/labour-msp-marlyn-glen-to-stand-down.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912224611/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Dundee/article/4646/labour-msp-marlyn-glen-to-stand-down.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 September 2012|title=Labour MSP Marlyn Glen to stand down|work=The Courier|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>

Glen was born in [[Dundee]] and educated at [[Baldragon Academy|Kirkton High School]]. She attended the [[University of St Andrews]] and the [[University of Dundee]], and has also completed several [[Open University]] degree courses. Prior to her election to [[Scottish Parliament|Holyrood]], she worked as a teacher in [[Liverpool]], [[Ayr]], [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]] and Dundee and is a member of the [[Educational Institute of Scotland]] trade union. She was also a [[Politics of Dundee|Dundee District Council]] councillor. Her husband, Neil Glen, was also a councillor and died in 2004. She was also an Honorary Vice President of [[English-Speaking Union Scotland]].

Glen is on the left of the Scottish Labour Party and remains a supporter of the [[Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]]. She is also a member of [[Campaign for Socialism]] that backed [[John McDonnell]]'s then [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s bids for the leadership of the [[Labour Party (UK)|UK Labour Party]].

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{SP-MSP}} *[http://www.mglen.org.uk Marlyn Glen] Personal website *[http://marlynglenmsp.wordpress.com/ Marlyn Glen MSP] Old blog

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