Mary Macleod

Education

She graduated from the University of Glasgow.

Career

After a career in business consulting, she was a policy advisor to Queen Elizabeth World War II Born in London to Scottish parents, she has lived for many years in Chiswick and continues to reside there. in Ancient Greek together with Business Studies, but the class of her degree is not known. On graduation, she joined Andersen Consulting and then Accenture, as a business consulting. Before her election, she was an ambassador for ActionAid, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and served as a policy advisor to Her Majesty The Queen and the Royal Household at Buckingham Palace, advising on public relations, communications and "strategic change within the monarchy."

From May 2010, she served on the Home Affairs Select Committee.

In September 2010 she was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Honorary

Nick Herbert Member of Parliament, Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice. In September 2013, Macleod was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the new Culture Secretary, Maria Miller.

She is the primary supporter in the House of Commons for the Equality (Titles) Bill, dubbed the "Downton Abbey Law", which seeks to abolish male-only primogeniture in the Peerages. In April 2014 Macleod accused the media of a "witch hunt" against her boss, Maria Miller, who was the subject of criticism for over-claiming expenses and failing to cooperate with the enquiry.

However, the next day Miller resigned.

In July 2014 she said there was a "bullying culture" in the House of Commons and the behaviour of many male MPs was "off-putting to most women". Speaking in advance of the publishing of a report into female representation in Parliament, she suggested that reprimands from the Speaker for misbehaving MPs were "counter-effective", with some of them enjoying the attention. Macleod was defeated in the 2015 general election by Ruth Cadbury of Labour by less than 500 votes.

After the election, Macleod was appointed to a position advising the Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell.

Achievements

• She was Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer for Group Operations at Algemene Bank Nederland AMRO, and then Group Communications Head of Transition at Royal Bank of Scotland.

Politics

She set up the All Party Parliamentary Group for Women in Parliament, and joined the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme as a Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force.

Membership

55th United Kingdom Parliament]

Having unsuccessfully contested Ross, Skye and Inverness West at the 1997 general election, Macleod was elected as the Member of Parliament for Brentford & Isleworth on 7 May 2010.