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Her brother Martin Gannon is a Councillor on Gateshead Council and is currently leader of the Council. Bob Glass served on Durham County Council from 2013 to 2017 as the Councillor for Delves Lane ward. Glass lives with her husband Bob in Lanchester, County Durham. Glass stood down at the 2017 snap general election, citing the "bruising referendum" as a major cause. It has had an impact on both me and my family as I am sure it has had on many others. The referendum has been incredibly divisive, it divided families and communities and I have found it bruising in many respects. While I had always intended to do more than two terms in Parliament I have found the last six months very, very difficult. The day after that, she resigned as Shadow Education Secretary, saying that the "situation is untenable", and making the statement: The next day, Glass announced that she would not stand at the next general election. On 27 June 2016, Glass was appointed Shadow Education Secretary following the resignation of Lucy Powell and several other Cabinet ministers in protest at Corbyn's leadership during the EU referendum. She reported having received death threats during the referendum campaign, and on the advice of the police, she did not attend the referendum count. Īt a Labour rally, she suggested voters try to persuade their mothers and grandmothers to vote to stay in, but joked they didn't bother with their grandfathers because "the problem is older white men". She also added "I'm never coming back to wherever this is". On, she apologised after calling a member of the public in Sawley, Derbyshire, "a horrible racist", which was caught at the end of a radio interview recording and reported by the media. Glass took a prominent role in Labour's campaign to remain in the EU in the June 2016 referendum campaign.
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On 5 January 2016, she was named the Shadow Europe Minister after Corbyn had conducted the first reshuffle of his Shadow Cabinet. In September 2015, Glass was appointed as Shadow Education Minister with responsibility for childcare by the newly elected Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. In 2014, Glass accused rival politicians in Parliament of "orchestrated barracking" of women with regional accents, saying "I get the impression they think women who are northerners should not be there." Her particular interest is education, and has sat on the Education Select Committee Glass was elected to the House of Commons at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham. Subsequently she was selected as the Labour Party parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, with Hilary Armstrong due to retire at the 2010 general election. Glass was elected as a councillor on Lanchester Parish Council in 2007. Before becoming an MP, Glass worked in various positions with local education authorities, and became a Government Education Adviser specialising in Special Needs Education, and Assistant Director of Education in Sunderland and Greenwich. She was born in Esh Winning, County Durham.