Anna McCurley
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Anna Anderson McCurley née Gemmell, (born 18 January 1943) is a Scottish politician.
A teacher, McCurley served as a councillor on Strathclyde Regional Council 1978-82.
McCurley contested West Stirlingshire in 1979 and Glasgow Central in a 1980 by-election.
She was elected as Conservative and Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Renfrew West and Inverclyde in the Conservative landslide of 1983. She lost the seat to Labour candidate Tommy Graham in 1987. She still has the distinction of being the most recent woman to be a Conservative MP for a Scottish seat.
McCurley defected to the Scottish Liberal Democrats in 1998 and stood as a candidate in the 1999 elections to the Scottish Parliament for Eastwood.
[edit] References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons 1983
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- http://www.alba.org.uk
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Member of Parliament for Renfrew West and Inverclyde 1983–1987 |
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