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Siobhain McDonagh was born on 20 February, 1960 in Colliers Wood, Surrey, England, is a British Labour politician (born 1960). Discover Siobhain McDonagh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 20 February, 1960
Birthday 20 February
Birthplace Colliers Wood, Surrey, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1958

McDonagh's father was a builder and her mother a nurse who moved to the area in 1958, she was educated at the Holy Cross School, New Malden and later studied Politics at the University of Essex.

1960

Dame Siobhain Ann McDonagh (born 20 February 1960) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mitcham and Morden since the 1997 general election.

She served as an Assistant Whip in the Labour Government, but was dismissed following comments regarding a leadership contest to replace prime minister Gordon Brown.

1961

McDonagh lived in Colliers Wood in her constituency with her late sister Baroness McDonagh (1961 - 2023), who was General Secretary of the Labour Party between 1998 and 2001, during Tony Blair's premiership.

She is a Roman Catholic of Irish descent.

She was a patron of Leap Forward Employment – a now defunct community interest company that found work for adults with mental health issues.

McDonagh was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for parliamentary and political service.

1981

She was a clerical officer for the DHSS between 1981 and 1983, a receptionist at the Wandsworth Homeless Persons Unit from 1984 to 1986, and a housing adviser from 1986 to 1988.

1982

She also served as a councillor on London Borough of Merton for Colliers Wood ward between 1982 and 1998, chairing the Housing Committee between 1990 and 1995, being instrumental in the rebuilding of Phipps Bridge Estate.

1988

Prior to being elected to Parliament she worked as a Development Manager for Battersea Churches Housing Trust from 1988 to 1997.

1997

McDonagh was first elected in the 1997 election for Labour, having been selected through an all-women shortlist, defeating the Conservative incumbent, Dame Angela Rumbold, to whom she had lost in the 1987 and 1992 General Elections, on a swing of 11.6% of the votes, similar to the national average.

2000

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.

2001

Following the 2001 election, prime minister Tony Blair offered McDonagh the position of Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government.

She declined the offer and remained a backbencher.

2003

In March 2003, McDonagh voted in favour of the country going to war with Iraq.

She has consistently voted against any inquiry into the Iraq War.

2004

When adding in stationery costs, the expenditure was approximately £50,000 in both 2004–05 and 2006–07.

McDonagh responded stating, "I believe the job of an MP is to keep in contact with constituents on important issues."

2005

Following the May 2005 general election, she served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Dr. John Reid while he was Secretary of State for Defence and from May 2006 to June 2007 Home Secretary.

2007

She was appointed to the position of Assistant Whip in June 2007 in the re-shuffle brought about by Gordon Brown becoming prime minister.

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.

2008

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.

2010

In October 2010, her mobile phone was stolen from her car.

Although not implicated in the robbery itself, it became evident that The Sun newspaper had accessed the phone, including messages stored on it.

2013

She sued the paper and in March 2013 won "substantial damages."

2015

In June 2015, McDonagh nominated Liz Kendall, considered the Blairite candidate, for leadership of the Labour Party.

In December 2015, she was among the minority of Labour MPs who voted in favour of extending UK military airstrikes against ISIL into Syria.

She has written that it was a decision "not easy to come to".

McDonagh abstained from a vote on a motion withdrawing the UK's support for Saudi Arabia's military campaign in Yemen.

The motion was defeated by a majority of 90.

As noted by commentators, the motion would have been passed if 97 Labour MPs had not abstained.

McDonagh is a member of Labour Friends of Israel.

2016

She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.

2018

In 2018, McDonagh offered her support to Labour MP Chris Leslie when he faced a confidence motion from his CLP, a vote he subsequently lost.

2019

In 2019, McDonagh was criticised by some left-wing members of the party after she appeared to agree with a statement put forward by John Humphrys on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

McDonagh said antisemitism is a problem in the Labour Party, because "part of [Labour] politics, of hard left politics, [is] to be against capitalists and to see Jewish people as the financiers of capital."

When Humphrys asked her if that meant that "to be anti-capitalist you have to be antisemitic", McDonagh replied, "Yes."

2020

McDonagh endorsed Jess Phillips in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election.