Shona McIsaac

Shona McIsaac
Shona McIsaac
Member of Parliament ; for Cleethorpes
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Martin Vickers
Personal details
Born	3 April 1960 (age 64); Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Peter Keith
Alma mater	Durham University

Shona McIsaac (born 3 April 1960) is a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cleethorpes from 1997 to 2010. She was defeated by Conservative candidate Martin Vickers in the 2010 election.

Early life

McIsaac was born in Dunfermline, Fife in Scotland.

Before politics

She went to the

University of Durham, being taught by David Bellamy

, and graduated in 1981.

She wrote and worked on women's weekly magazines, being deputy chief sub-editor of Bella, senior sub-editor of Chat and chief sub-editor of Woman.^[1]

Parliament

McIsaac started her political career as a councillor to the

all-women shortlist. She won the Cleethorpes seat with a majority of over 9,000, defeating Michael Brown, the sitting MP for the predecessor seat of Brigg and Cleethorpes. She was re-elected in 2001 with a majority of 5,620, and again four years later

, finishing over 2,000 votes ahead of her Conservative rival.

She served as a

Department of Health.^[2]

McIsaac proposed a bill limiting the use of fireworks, and supported anti-fox hunting measures.

McIsaac was described as a 'government loyalist' and a "super loyal backbencher".

war in Iraq.^[4]

In October 2009, following significant research, McIsaac launched a small campaign to raise awareness of the poor state of many of Britain's war memorials.[5] Her principal case study was of the war memorial in Wold Newton, a small village in her constituency.^[6] She spoke on the subject in the House of Commons^[7] and an article appeared in the Telegraph.^[8]

In May 2010, she was defeated by Martin Vickers, losing by just over 4,000 votes. Following the general election, she blamed Gordon Brown personally on television for Labour's defeat.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

McIsaac lives in Cleethorpes with her husband Peter Keith, whom she married in 1994.^[1] Keith unsuccessfully contested the seat of Cleethorpes in 2015 and 2017.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "Candidate: Shona McIsaac". BBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
^ "The Public Whip — Voting Record - MPS for Cleethorpes".
^ ^a ^b Mp, Labour (18 October 2002). "Shona McIsaac". BBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
^ "Shona McIsaac, former MP, Cleethorpes".
^ "Wold Newton". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
^ "War and Memorials - Wold Newton".
^ "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 21 Oct 2009 (Pt 0022)". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
^ Collins, Nick (27 October 2009). "Britain's war memorials in disrepair". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 30 March 2010.

External links

News items

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Cleethorpes 1997–2010	Succeeded by Martin Vickers

[:1-1] "Candidate: Shona McIsaac". BBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2010.

[2] "The Public Whip — Voting Record - MPS for Cleethorpes".

[:0-3] Mp, Labour (18 October 2002). "Shona McIsaac". BBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2010.

[4] "Shona McIsaac, former MP, Cleethorpes".

[5] "Wold Newton". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.

[6] "War and Memorials - Wold Newton".

[7] "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 21 Oct 2009 (Pt 0022)". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2010.

[8] Collins, Nick (27 October 2009). "Britain's war memorials in disrepair". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 30 March 2010.

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