Anna McCurley

Anna Anderson McCurley (née Gemmell; born 18 January 1943) is a Scottish politician.

Anna Anderson McCurley
Member of Parliament
for Renfrew West and Inverclyde
In office
9 June 1983 – 18 May 1987
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byTommy Graham
Personal details
Born
Anna Anderson Gemmell

(1943-01-18) 18 January 1943
Political partyConservative
Later Scottish Liberal Democrats

Career

McCurley, a teacher by vocation, served as a councillor on Strathclyde Regional Council 1978–82. McCurley contested West Stirlingshire in 1979 and Glasgow Central in a 1980 by-election.

She was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Renfrew West and Inverclyde in the landslide of 1983. She lost the seat to Labour candidate Tommy Graham in 1987. During her time in Parliament, she was described by The Scotsman newspaper as outspoken and formidable, and praised by her successor for her political independence and interest in her constituents.[1] She contested the Chairmanship of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association, the party's voluntary wing, in 1989 losing to Sir Michael Hirst, the former MP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, with whom she publicly opposed the parliamentary candidature of following a long rivalry.[2]

In 1997, she attempted to become the Conservative parliamentary candidate for the Eastwood constituency, but failed to make it to the shortlist stage, with Paul Cullen eventually taking the candidature. She explained her defeat by suggesting her "views are more traditional Conservative than modern Conservative".[3]

McCurley joined the Scottish Liberal Democrats in 1998 and stood as a candidate in the 1999 elections to the Scottish Parliament for Eastwood.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "The Tory war of the thistles". The Independent. 3 April 1997. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. "McCurley rejected by Eastwood". Heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

Other sources
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Renfrew West and Inverclyde
1983–1987		 Succeeded by
Tommy Graham



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