Mary Glindon
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Mary Theresa Glindon is a British
British people
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 Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
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 politician
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, who has been the Member of Parliament
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 for North Tyneside
North Tyneside (UK Parliament constituency)
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 since 2010.

Glindon was selected in February 2010 as Labour candidate for the safe seat
Safe seat
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 after the previous MP Stephen Byers
Stephen Byers
Stephen John Byers is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for North Tyneside from 1997 to 2010; in the previous parliament, from 1992, he represented Wallsend...

 announced in November 2009 that he would not contest the next election, having previously been a Councillor on North Tyneside Council, representing the Battle Hill Ward in Wallsend
Wallsend
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.

At the general election in May 2010, she held the seat with 50.7% of the votes.

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