Margaret Mullane | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forDagenham and Rainham | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jon Cruddas |
| Majority | 7,173 (18.4%) |
| Member ofBarking and Dagenham London Borough Council forVillage | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 28 November 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
Margaret Mullane is a BritishLabour Party politician who has served as theMember of Parliament (MP) forDagenham and Rainham since2024.[1] She succeededJon Cruddas who decided not to run for re-election in 2022,[2] whom she worked for as office manager.[3] She has also served as a councillor for theVillage ward in theBarking and Dagenham London Borough Council since2010[4] and previously served as Cabinet Member for Enforcement and Community Safety.[5]
Margaret Mullane was raised in council houses inDagenham, attending St Peter's School, and has described herself as working class.[6] She studied Humanities and Politics atBirkbeck, University of London.[7]
Mullane unsuccessfully stood as a Labour Party candidate in theMawneys ward of Havering at the2002 local election and in theEastbrook ward of Barking and Dagenham at the2006 election.[8][9]
She was first elected to theBarking and Dagenham London Borough Council at the2010 election. She successfully campaigned to protect residents ofWennington from paying theCommunity Infrastructure Levy on rebuilding homes that were lost in a2022 wildfire.[10] During the2024 United Kingdom general election, amidst a Labour Party landslide, she won theDagenham and Rainham constituency with a slightly reduced share of the vote.[1] Mullane has served as a member of theHome Affairs Select Committee since October 2024.[11]
