Katrina Murray

{{Short description|British politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Katrina Murray

|honorific-suffix = MP

|office = Member of Parliament
for Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch

|term_start = 4 July 2024

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|predecessor = Stuart McDonald

|majority = 4,144 (10.1%)

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|party = Labour

|image = Official portrait of Katrina Murray MP crop 2.jpg

|caption = Official portrait, 2024

}}

Katrina Laidlan Murray{{Cite Hansard |title=Members Sworn |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |house=House of Commons |date=10 July 2024 |volume=752 |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-07-10/debates/3D219687-E412-4D22-890A-AA2887A23F99/MembersSworn}} is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch since 2024.{{Cite web |title=Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch {{!}} General Election 2024 {{!}} Sky News |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/cumbernauld-and-kirkintilloch-175 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=election.news.sky.com |language=en}}

In the 2010 United Kingdom general election, she was the Labour candidate for Dundee East but lost to Stewart Hosie from the Scottish National Party (SNP).{{Cite web |title=2010 General Election Candidates - LRC |url=http://l-r-c.org.uk/ge2010candidates/katrina-murray/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=l-r-c.org.uk}}

In 2018, Murray was involved in an internal policy dispute within Labour's National Policy Forum after "Katrina Murray, the NPF's vice-chair, was dramatically over-ruled on the floor of the meeting by Andy Kerr, the chair of Labour's ruling National Executive Committee."{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title=EXCL Labour hit by bullying row over treatment of senior female official at key meeting |url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/excl-labour-hit-by-bullying-row-over-treatment-of-senior-female-official-at-key-meeting |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Politics Home |language=en}}

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