Catherine McKinnell
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Catherine McKinnell MP |
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| Shadow Attorney General | |
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In office 14 September 2015 – 11 January 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | The Lord Bach |
| Succeeded by | Karl Turner |
| Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 15 May 2012 – 8 October 2013 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Owen Smith |
| Succeeded by | Shabana Mahmood |
| Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne North |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Doug Henderson |
| Majority | 10,153 (22.6%) |
| Personal details | |
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Catherine Grady 8 June 1976 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Catherine McKinnell (born 8 June 1976) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne North since the 2010 general election. She has held several Shadow Cabinet positions, including Shadow Attorney General, but resigned from this post in January 2016.
McKinnell was born in Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne, where she attended the Sacred Heart Comprehensive School in Fenham. She studied politics and history at the University of Edinburgh.
Before her election to Parliament, McKinnell worked as an employment solicitor in the Newcastle law firm Dickinson Dees.
McKinnell was elected to Parliament at the 2010 general election for Newcastle upon Tyne North, one of 19 solicitors newly elected to the House of Commons. She was elected with 40.8% of the vote, and a majority of 3,414 over her Liberal Democrat rival. In October 2010, the new Labour Leader Ed Miliband appointed her to the role of Shadow Solicitor General, where she was responsible for the party's response to the News International phone hacking scandal. She raised questions about the Crown Prosecution Service's handling of the scandal, including a question in the House of Commons asking why the CPS had refused for so long to admit that there were grounds to bring prosecutions.
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