Unison is a British trade union. Along with Unite,Unison is one of the two largest trade unions in the United Kingdom,with over 1.2 million members who work predominantly in public services,including local government,education,health and outsourced services.
Thomas Harris is a British journalist and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow South,formerly Glasgow Cathcart,from 2001 to 2015. A former member of Scottish Labour,he left the party in August 2018. Since 2021 he has been lead non-executive director of the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Advocate General for Scotland.
Dame Siobhain Ann McDonagh 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.
Dame Anne Catherine McGuire is a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 1997 to 2015. She was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 2002 to 2005 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People from 2005 to 2008.
Ann McKechin is a former British Labour Party politician and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Maryhill from 2001 until 2005 and Glasgow North from 2005 to 2015. She was a junior minister under Gordon Brown before becoming a member of Shadow Cabinet of Ed Miliband. She lost her seat to the Scottish National Party in the landslide at the 2015 general election.
Margaret Patricia Curran is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She served in the British House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2010 to 2015 and was Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2011 until 2015. She was previously the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Baillieston from 1999 to 2011,and held a number of posts within the Scottish Executive,including Minister for Parliamentary Business,Minister for Social Justice and Minister for Communities.
Patricia Josephine Ferguson is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Maryhill constituency from 1999 until 2011 and for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn from 2011 until 2016.
Sharon Hodgson is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Washington and Sunderland West,previously Gateshead East and Washington West,since 2005. A member of the Labour Party,she has chaired the Finance Committee since 2023.
Kathryn Sloan Clark,Baroness Clark of Kilwinning,is a British politician and life peer who has served as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region since 2021. A member of the Labour Party,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Ayrshire and Arran from 2005 to 2015.
Drumchapel,known locally as 'The Drum',is a district in the north-west of the city of Glasgow,Scotland. It borders Bearsden to the north-east and Drumry to the south-west,as well as Blairdardie,Garscadden,Knightswood and Yoker in Glasgow to the south;land to the north is undeveloped and includes the course of the Roman-era Antonine Wall. The name derives from the Gaelic meaning 'the ridge of the horse'.
David Prentis,Baron Prentis of Leeds is a British trade unionist and former General Secretary of UNISON,the United Kingdom's largest trade union. He was originally elected in 2000. He was re-elected in March 2005,with 77% of the vote,in 2010,and in 2015.
ChristineKotek is an American politician serving as the 39th governor of Oregon since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Kotek served eight terms as the state representative from the 44th district of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2007 to 2022,as majority leader of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013,and as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2013 to 2022. She won the 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election,defeating Republican nominee Christine Drazan and independent candidate Betsy Johnson.
Christina McKelvie is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Hamilton,Larkhall and Stonehouse since 2011,having previously represented the Central Scotland region from 2007 to 2011.
Leonard David McCluskey is a British trade unionist. He was General Secretary of Unite the Union,the largest affiliate and a major donor to the Labour Party. As a young adult,he spent some years working in the Liverpool Docks for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company prior to becoming a full-time union official for the Transport and General Workers' Union (T&GWU) in 1979.
Unite the Union,commonly known as Unite,is a British and Irish trade union which was formed on 1 May 2007 by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). Along with Unison,Unite is one of the two largest trade unions in the UK,with over 1.2 million members in construction,manufacturing,transport,logistics and other sectors. The general secretary of Unite is Sharon Graham,who was elected on 25 August 2021 with 46,696 votes on a turnout of 124,127,with her term beginning on 26 August 2021.
Angela Rayner is a British politician serving as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2020 and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities since 2023. Rayner has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. She ideologically identifies as a socialist and as being part of Labour's soft left.
Christopher Charles Stephens is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow South West since the 2015 general election. He has been serving as SNP Spokesperson for Justice and Immigration since September 2023.
Victoria Mary Prentis,is a British politician who has served as the Attorney General for England and Wales since October 2022. Prentis has served as the Member of Parliament for Banbury since 2015. She is a member of the Conservative Party.
Mary Kelly Foy is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham since the 2019 general election. She is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary caucus.
Sharon Mairead Graham is a British trade unionist who has been the general secretary of Unite since 26 August 2021. She is the first woman to hold the position. She previously served as the union's executive officer and as head of its organising and leverage department.
