Tracy Gilbert is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North & Leith since 2024.[1] She currently resides in Leith.
Tracy Gilbert | |
|---|---|
 Gilbert in 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North and Leith | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Deidre Brock |
| Majority | 7,268 (14.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Residence(s) | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Early life and career
editGilbert grew up in a mining town in Midlothian during the 1980s, and has spoken about how this has shaped her politics.[2]
Before entering Parliament, Gilbert was a Housing Officer and the Scottish General Secretary of the USDAW trade union.[2]
Parliamentary career
editAt the 2024 general election, Gilbert was elected for the Edinburgh North & Leith constituency, becoming the first Labour MP to win the seat since 2010. Her result was part of a 'red wave' in Scotland, as the Scottish Labour Party won 37 seats, up from one seat in 2019.[3]
Following a ballot on the 5th of September 2024, Gilbert is allowed to introduce a private member's bill in the 2024/25 parliament.[4]
At Labour's 2024 Autumn conference, Gilbert called for party members to lobby MPs against her party's plans to criminalise conversion therapy, which will ban practices aimed at changing or suppressing someone's gender identity or sexual orientation. Speaking at a fringe event organised by the gender critical Labour Women's Declaration group, she said her party's proposals were flawed, that many parliamentarians would be unaware of the pitfalls of the proposals and they would need educated through persuasive conversations.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Edinburgh North and Leith | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ a b "General Election 2024 – Tracy Gilbert Edinburgh North and Leith". The Edinburgh Reporter. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Election 2024 Results". BBC News. 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "15 Labour MPs selected in Parliament private members' bill ballot as Tories lose out". Labour List. 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Scottish Labour MP's concerns over conversion therapy ban". The Herald. 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.