Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh Merton Council for Colliers Wood | |
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In office 6 May 1982 – 7 May 1998 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Margaret McDonagh (sister) | 20 February 1960
Alma mater | University of Essex (BA) |
Website | siobhainmcdonagh |
Dame Siobhain Ann McDonagh
Early life
McDonagh's father was a builder and her mother a nurse who moved to the area in 1958,[2] she was educated at the Holy Cross School, New Malden and later studied Politics at the University of Essex.
She was a clerical officer for the
Parliamentary career
McDonagh was first elected in the 1997 election for Labour, having been selected through an all-women shortlist,[3] defeating the Conservative incumbent, Dame Angela Rumbold, to whom she had lost in the 1987 and 1992 General Elections,[4] on a swing of 11.6% of the votes, similar to the national average.
Following the
On 12 September 2008, McDonagh became the first member of the government to call for a leadership contest, resulting in dismissal from her government post.[5]
In June 2015, McDonagh nominated
In 2018, McDonagh offered her support to Labour MP
McDonagh endorsed Jess Phillips in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election.[9]
Middle East
In March 2003, McDonagh voted in favour of the country going to war with Iraq.[10] She has consistently voted against any inquiry into the Iraq War.[11]
In December 2015, she was among the minority of Labour MPs who voted in favour of extending UK military airstrikes against
McDonagh abstained from a vote on a motion withdrawing the UK's support for Saudi Arabia's
McDonagh is a member of Labour Friends of Israel.[14]
Expenses
In April 2000, her office sent a party political questionnaire to 200 of her constituents using parliamentary resources; a spokesman for McDonagh subsequently said it was a "mistake". McDonagh promised to apologise and reimburse the cost to her office.[15]
In 2007, her expenditure on stationery and postage attracted criticism, being more than any other MP's for postage from 2003 to 2006. In total, her office spent £126,833 on postage in the four-year period, an average of almost £32,000 per year. When adding in stationery costs, the expenditure was approximately £50,000 in both 2004–05 and 2006–07.[16] McDonagh responded stating, "I believe the job of an MP is to keep in contact with constituents on important issues."[17]
Mobile phone theft
In October 2010, her mobile phone was stolen from her car.[18] Although not implicated in the robbery itself, it became evident that The Sun newspaper had accessed the phone, including messages stored on it. She sued the paper and in March 2013 won "substantial damages."[19]
Antisemitism comments
In 2019, McDonagh was criticised by some left-wing members of the party after she appeared to agree with a statement put forward by
Personal life
McDonagh lived in
She was a patron of Leap Forward Employment – a now defunct community interest company that found work for adults with mental health issues.[25]
McDonagh was appointed
See also
References
- ^ "Whip sacked over leader bid call". BBC News. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ a b Siobhain McDonagh MP Archived 29 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Russell, Ben (26 February 2004). "What became of Blair's Babes?". The Independent. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Former Tory education minister Dame Angela Rumbold dies". BBC News. 20 June 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Whip sacked over leader bid call". BBC News. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Who nominated who for the 2015 Labour leadership election?". New Statesman. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Coulter, Martin (29 September 2018). "Corbyn-critic Labour MP Chris Leslie loses vote of no confidence". Politics Home. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ McDonagh, Siobhain (29 December 2019). "Labour members must elect a leader brave enough to listen". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Iraq — Declaration of War — 18 Mar 2003 at 22:00". The Public Whip. 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Investigations into the Iraq War". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ McDonagh, Siobhain (1 December 2015). "Extending airstrikes on ISIL / Daesh targets in Syria". personal blog. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Stone, Jon (22 October 2016). "Labour MPs rebel against party's own motion calling for action on Saudi Arabian war crimes". The Independent. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "LFI Parliamentary Supporters". Labour Friends of Israel. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ Waugh, Paul (26 April 2000). "MP to apologise over party survey on Commons paper". The Independent. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Siobhain McDonagh MP, Mitcham and Morden". TheyWorkForYou.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Mulholland, Héléne (25 October 2007). "MP spends £35k on postage". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Sun apologises for accessing MP's stolen phone". BBC. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "The Sun admits accessing messages from Labour whip's stolen phone while NI was under investigation over phone hacking – Press – Media". The Independent. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Stone, Jon (4 March 2019). "Labour MP Siobhain Mcdonagh: to be anti-capitalism is to be anti-semitic". Nye Bevan News. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Cowles, Ben (4 March 2019). "Left-wing Jewish groups condemn McDonagh for appearing to suggest Jewish people control capitalism". Morning Star. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Labour Member of Parliament for Mitcham and Morden". Siobhain McDonagh. 20 February 1960. Archived from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ Oliver, Jonathan; Woolf, Marie (14 September 2008). "Will this woman bring down Gordon Brown". The Times. London. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ "Home". Leap Forward Employment. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N9.
External links
- Siobhain McDonagh MP official site
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- BBC Politics