Margaret Curran

The Baroness Curran
Official portrait, 2025
Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
In office
22 May 2025  6 June 2025
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byThe Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
In office
7 October 2011  11 May 2015
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byAnn McKechin
Succeeded byIan Murray
Shadow Minister for Disabled People
In office
7 October 2010  8 October 2011
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byMark Harper
Succeeded byAnne McGuire
Minister for Parliamentary Business
In office
4 October 2004  17 May 2007
First MinisterJack McConnell
Preceded byPatricia Ferguson
Succeeded byBruce Crawford (2011)
Minister for Communities
In office
9 May 2002  4 October 2004
First MinisterJack McConnell
Preceded byIain Gray
Succeeded byMalcolm Chisholm
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
16 January 2025
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Glasgow East
In office
6 May 2010  30 March 2015
Preceded byJohn Mason
Succeeded byNatalie McGarry
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Glasgow Baillieston
In office
6 May 1999  22 March 2011
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Margaret Patricia Curran

(1958-11-24) 24 November 1958
Glasgow, Scotland
Political partyLabour
SpouseRab Murray
Children2, including Chris
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow

Margaret Patricia Curran, Baroness Curran (born 24 November 1958), is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She served in the House of Commons as the member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2010 and 2015, and was Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2011 until 2015. Curran was previously the member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Baillieston from 1999 to 2011, and held a number of posts within the Scottish Executive, including as Minister for Parliamentary Business, Minister for Social Justice, and Minister for Communities. She served as Minister of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero May to June 2025.