Michael McCann (politician)

Michael McCann (born 2 January 1964)[3] is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow 2010–2015. He was formerly a councillor in South Lanarkshire, serving on the planning and estates committees.

Michael McCann
McCann in 2010
Member of Parliament for
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byAdam Ingram
Succeeded byLisa Cameron
Personal details
Born (1964-01-02) 2 January 1964
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland[1]
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour (formerly)
SpouseTracey Anne McCann[2]

Political career

McCann was elected as a councillor in South Lanarkshire in 2003 and 2007.

He was elected to the UK Parliament in 2010 as the MP for the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow seat, succeeding Adam Ingram.[4] McCann was chairman of the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party.[5] He served on the International Development Committee in the 2010–2015 Parliament[6] and is a member of Labour Friends of Israel.[7]

McCann is known to be a fierce critic of the Scottish National Party, and ruled out any formal post-election deal with them in March 2015.[5] He lost the seat in the subsequent general election to the SNP's Lisa Cameron, one of the landslide 56 SNP MPs returned on 7 May 2015.[8]

At the 2019 general election, McCann backed Epsom and Ewell MP Chris Grayling, Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party, saying "a vote for anyone else is a vote for Jeremy Corbyn - and a Corbyn government would be disastrous for Britain."[9]

References
  1. "Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com.
  2. "House of Commons - The Register of Members' Financial Interests - Part 2: Part 2". parliament.uk.
  3. "Michael McCann MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  4. "Michael McCann elected to serve Strathaven". s1Strathaven. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  5. Leftly, Mark (22 March 2015). "'No deal with SNP' says chair of Scottish Labour MPs, Michael McCann". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  6. "Michael McCann". Parliament UK. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  7. "LFI Supporters in Parliament". Labour Friends of Israel. 23 March 2018.
  8. Thomson, Ross (8 May 2015). "SNP's Dr Lisa Cameron is Lesmahagow's new MP". Glasgow World. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  9. Ciccio [@thecheechman] (11 December 2019). "@MichaelMMcCann how anyone from the Labour party can support Chris Grayling in Epsom that has even the NY times called one of the most useless politicians in the UK says something more about you than it does about labour under Corbyn. Absolutely disgraceful to support Grating" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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