Maureen Burke (born September 1958) is a British politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North East since July 2024.[1]
Councillor Maureen Burke MP | |
|---|---|
| Councillor Glasgow City Council North East (Glasgow ward) | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2012 | |
| Member of Parliament (United Kingdom) Glasgow North East | |
| Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Anne McLaughlin |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | John Wheatley College |
She is also a sitting Glasgow City Councillor.[2]
Political career
editSince the 2012 Glasgow City Council election she has represented the North East ward on Glasgow City Council as a Councillor,[3] and is currently the chair of the Glasgow City Council Operational Performance and Delivery Scrutiny Committee.[4]
She was a director of Glasgow East Women's Aid[5] before its liquidation in March 2024.[6]
At the 2024 United Kingdom general election she was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East with a majority of 4637 votes over the incumbent Anne McLaughlin.[7]
Pre-Political Career
editBurke worked as a factory operative at A. & J. Gelfer Ltd, a tie manufacturing factory in Bridgeton, Glasgow from the age of 15,[8] before moving into administrative support for the company, which went into liquidation in December 2000.[9] She then studied at John Wheatley College, aged 40 before working as a parliamentary assistant for former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Baillieston and MP for Glasgow East, Margaret Curran until the 2015 general election.
Personal life
editBurke lives in the Easterhouse area of Glasgow with her husband. She has one daughter and two granddaughters.
Evidence to embezzlement trial of ex-colleague
editIn 2018, as a sitting Councillor, Burke gave evidence at Glasgow Sheriff Court in the trial of an ex-Labour councillor Yvonne Kucuk, for whom Burke worked as a personal assistant.[10] The case examined the embezzlement of £8690 from local charity the 'People's Development Trust' – in 2016 Burke was in possession of a bag with £2000 in cash, a mobile phone and some paperwork given by Kucuk and was asked to return it to the trust; she had handed the bag over to the then, trust manager Michael Kennedy, who proceeded to count the money in front of Burke.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Election 2024 > Glasgow North East results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Councillor Maureen Burke".
- ^ "Councillor Maureen Burke".
- ^ "Committee Information - Committee Members". Glasgow City Council.
- ^ "Register of Interests: Maureen Burke". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Women's Aid staff given 'no notice' before closure amid bullying allegations". STV News. 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Election 2024 > Glasgow North East results". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Hilley, Sarah (14 May 2021). "Glasgow Election 2022: North East candidates push for more police and more funding". glasgowlive.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Dora Street Bridgeton".
- ^ Former councillor accused of embezzling £8k from trust, Glasgow Times, 13 October 2018
- ^ Ex-Glasgow councillor 'handed over bag containing £2,000', BBC News, 12 October 2018
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