Margaret was born, raised and educated in Hull and the East Riding. She has been a resident of Beverley for over 23 years, and serves as a local councillor. In 2012 she was elected to be the first female Labour mayor of the town.

Her local school was Wolfreton Comprehensive from where she went on to read Modern Languages at King’s College, Cambridge.

She then qualified as a solicitor with a maritime law firm in the City after which she moved to the USA for a period, working in international regulation and competition law with Freshfields in New York. In 1996 she joined the faculty at Harvard University, winning several awards for excellence in teaching.

Back in the UK, she ran her own consultancy in public sector construction and procurement covering major public infrastructure projects and social housing. Margaret believes voters are ready for Labour’s plan for change.

“The East Riding has such potential, located as we are with access to the ports of the Humber and the rise in green wind energy. But talk of levelling up has remained just that and we are still waiting for investment in decent transport infrastructure, jobs and growth.

 

I want to see us developing clean energy for a publicly owned Great British Energy company, not serving as a dumping ground for nuclear waste. I don’t take money from the oil industry.

 

The problems we face are not merely local. This government has run down our economic viability as a nation and diminished our standing on the world stage. All the polls are showing Beverley and Holderness has never been more winnable for Labour. People are ready for change and Labour has the plan to deliver the change we need.”