Siobhain McDonagh

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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. [15]

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. When adding in stationery costs, the expenditure was approximately £50,000 in both 2004–05 and 2006–07. [16] McDonagh responded stating, "I believe the job of an MP is to keep in contact with constituents on important issues." [17]

Mobile phone theft

In October 2010, her mobile phone was stolen from her car. [18] Although not implicated in the robbery itself, it became evident that The Sun newspaper had accessed the phone, including messages stored on it. She sued the paper and in March 2013 won "substantial damages." [19]

Antisemitism comments

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." [20] [21]

Personal life

McDonagh lived in Colliers Wood in her constituency with her late sister Baroness McDonagh (1961 - 2023), [22] who was General Secretary of the Labour Party between 1998 and 2001, during Tony Blair's premiership. [23] She is a Roman Catholic [24] of Irish descent. [2]

She was a patron of Leap Forward Employment – a now defunct community interest company that found work for adults with mental health issues. [25]

McDonagh was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for parliamentary and political service. [26]

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Dame
Siobhain McDonagh
DBE MP
Official portrait of Siobhain McDonagh MP crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2020
Member of Parliament
for Mitcham and Morden
Assumed office
1 May 1997
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Mitcham and Morden
1997–present		Incumbent
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