Background
She was born in Esh Winning, County Durham.
She was born in Esh Winning, County Durham.
Before becoming an Member of Parliament, 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. Glass was elected as a councillor on Lanchester Parish Council in 2007. Subsequently she was selected as the Labour Party parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, with the retirement of Hilary Armstrong at the 2010 general election.
House of Commons
Her particular interest is education and she has sat on the Education Select Committee
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."
In September 2015, Glass was appointed as Shadow Education Minister, with responsibility for childcare by the new Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
On 5 January 2016, she was named the Shadow Europe Minister after Corbyn had conducted the first reshuffle of his shadow cabinet.
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Glass was elected to the House of Commons at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for North West Durham.