Marlyn Glen is a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 Labour

Scottish Labour Party

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 politician, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...

 for North East Scotland region from 2003 till she stood down in the election of 2011.

She was educated at Kirkton High School

Baldragon Academy

Baldragon Academy is a six-year comprehensive in the Downfield area of Dundee, Scotland. It was originally named Kirkton High School until merging with Rockwell High School in August 1997...

 in Dundee, and attended the University of St Andrews

University of St Andrews

The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...

 and the University of Dundee

University of Dundee

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. She has also completed several Open University

Open University

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 degree courses. Prior to her election to Holyrood

Scottish Parliament

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 she worked as a teacher in Liverpool

Liverpool

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, Irvine

Irvine, North Ayrshire

Irvine is a new town on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland. According to 2007 population estimates, the town is home to 39,527 inhabitants, making it the biggest settlement in North Ayrshire....

 and Dundee and is a member of the Educational Institute of Scotland

Educational Institute of Scotland

The Educational Institute of Scotland is the oldest teachers' trade union in the world, having been founded in 1847 when dominies became concerned about the effect of changes to the system of education in Scotland on their professional status....

 trade union. She was also a Dundee District Council

Politics of Dundee

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 councillor. Her husband, Neil Glen, was also a councillor and died in 2004. She is also an Honorary Vice President of English-Speaking Union Scotland

English-Speaking Union Scotland

The English-Speaking Union Scotland is an educational Scottish charity whose purpose, shared with the English-Speaking Union internationally, is to promote international understanding and human achievements through the widening use of the English language throughout the world.ESU Scotland is based...

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Glen is on the left of the Scottish Labour Party and remains a supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is an anti-nuclear organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty...

. She is also a member of the Scottish Campaign for Socialism

Scottish Labour Party Campaign for Socialism

The Campaign for Socialism is a left wing organisation within the Scottish Labour Party. It was formed in the aftermath of the vote within the Labour Party to remove Clause IV from the party's constitution...

 that backed John McDonnell

John McDonnell (politician)

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's bid for the leadership of the Labour party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

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External links

• Marlyn Glen Personal website
• Marlyn Glen MSP Old blog