Shona McIsaac (born 3 April 1960, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a British politician, and since 1997, she has been the Labour Member of Parliament for the Lincolnshire constituency of Cleethorpes. Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ... Cleethorpes is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Education

She went to the SHAPE High School in Mons in Belgium, then Barne Barton Secondary Modern school in St Budeaux and Stoke Damerel High School for Girls (now Stoke Damerel Community College) in Devonport, both in Plymouth. She then moved to Haileybury College where she took four A levels. She studied for a BSc in Geography whilst at St. Aidan's College of University of Durham, being taught by David Bellamy, and graduated in 1981. SHAPE High School is a DODDS high school for grades 7-12 located near the city of Mons, Belgium. ... Geography Country Belgium Region Walloon Region Community French Community Province Hainaut Arrondissement Mons Coordinates Area 146. ... St Budeaux is a district of Plymouth, Devon, England. ... Devonport, in Devon, was formerly called Plymouth Dock. ... Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world... Coat of arms of Haileybury College This article refers to the school in England. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... St Aidans College is a college of the University of Durham in England. ... Durham University is a university in England. ... David Bellamy Professor David J. Bellamy OBE (born 18 January 1933) is an English botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

Career

She wrote and worked on women's weekly magazines, being deputy chief sub-editor of Bella, senior sub-editor of Chat and chief sub-editor of Viz. Since 1997, she has been an MP for Cleethorpes, and is currently a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State within the Department of Health. Copy editing is the process of an editor making formatting changes and other improvements to text. ... Viz is a popular British adult spoof comic magazine. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP). ...

1997 Election

McIsaac was elected as a councillor to the London Borough of Wandsworth, before her selection for Cleethorpes from an all-women shortlist known as Blair Babes, attracting a great deal of local press attention in the run-up to the 1997 general election. Typical of many marginal constituencies that year, Cleethorpes had a "large" amount of support from the central Labour Party including visits by John Prescott, Tony Blair, Jim Davidson and Teresa May and a high-profile, high-visibility poster campaign. During the various debates between the candidates, McIsaac's relaxed, style^{[citation needed]} was in "stark" contrast to that of her election-hardened Conservative Party opponent Michael Brown, the outgoing MP for the predecessor constituency of Brigg and Cleethorpes). The London Borough of Wandsworth is a London borough in South West London, England and forms part of Inner London. ... Arms of Cleethorpes Cleethorpes is a town in North East Lincolnshire, England, situated at the mouth of the River Humber. ... In the British House of Commons, the 101 female Labour Party Members of Parliament elected in Labours landslide general election victory in 1997 became popularly known as Blair Babes (or Blairs Babes). ... The UK general election, 1997 was one of the largest election victories in the history of the twentieth century. ... John Leslie Prescott MP (born 31 May 1938) is a British Labour Party politician, Deputy Prime Minister, First Secretary of State and Member of Parliament for the North East constituency of Hull East. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... Davidson as Buttons in Sinderella Comes Again. ... For the British Conservative MP, see Theresa May Teresa May born December 15, 1966 in Surrey, England is a British Glamour Model and Porn Star. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ... Michael Russell Brown (b. ... Brigg and Cleethorpes was a constituency in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

On polling day, McIsaac spent most of the day knocking on doors in the town of Immingham, formerly the strongest Labour supporting area of the constituency, ironically reminiscent of Jeffrey Archer when he represented the town over 20 years earlier. Immingham (informally referred to as Ming or Ming Ming) is a town in North East Lincolnshire, located on south bank of the Humber Estuary. ... Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is a British author and politician. ...

Campaigns

McIsaac and neighbouring MP Austin Mitchell tabled an early day motion in 1998 affirming support for Grimsby Town Football Club's trip to Wembley for the 1998 Auto Windscreen Shield Final and the 1998 Nationwide Division 2 Play-Off Final. She has also proposed a bill limiting the use of fireworks, and supportive of anti-fox hunting measures. Austin Vernon Mitchell (born 19 September 1934[]) is the Labour Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in England. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Grimsby Town F.C. are an English football League Two team. ... Wembley, until 1965 a borough in its own right, forms the northern part of the London Borough of Brent. ...

She is not currently able to propose any early day motions on the account of her Parliamentary Private Secretary status. A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP). ...

McIsaac has been described as a 'government loyalist'. One national newspaper allegedly claim she asked 'sycophantic questions' ^[1]. According to the website TheyWorkForYou.com, McIsaac rarely rebels against the Government. She supported the Government in the vote on the war in Iraq.

Majority

McIsaac was re-elected at the 2005 general election. Her majority was cut in the 2005 general election, receiving 43% of the vote. The Conservative candidate for the third election in a row failed to get over 37.3% of the votes with a significant increase in the Liberal Democrat vote. The Conservative vote has been so disappointing there is talk of a local Liberal Democrat candidate being the best chance to beat her. The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ...

Personal life

Notes

1. ^ http://www.pluralist.freeuk.com/learning/history/iraqreasons.html

External links

• Shona McIsaac MP
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Shona McIsaac MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Shona McIsaac MP
• Her voting record at the Public Whip
• BBC Politics profile

News items

• Demanding a band on animals in circuses in 2006
• Assisting the extradition of Bob Kleasen in 2001