In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, McMahon was succeeded as first on the Central Scotland regional list by Richard Leonard, who became Leader of the Scottish Labour Party following the 2017 Scottish Labour Party leadership election.[6][7] McMahon was ranked tenth by Labour Party members onto the Labour regional list; as only seven MSPs are elected from the list it was impossible for her to be elected again.[8]
In the 2016 election, McMahon's father lost his Uddingston and Bellshill seat after serving as an MSP since 1999 and she criticised Kezia Dugdale for failing to send condolences to defeated MSPs like her father. In response, Dugdale invited all non-returning, including regional list, MSPs to a dinner she would be hosting the following week.[9]
Personal life
McMahon is married to John Wright, with whom she has one daughter, Anna. McMahon now works in civil society. She suffers from a disability called hemiplegia, a neuromuscular condition which causes weakness along the right-hand side of her body.[10] She is a Christian.[11]
References
^Black, Andrew (27 November 2008). "Which MSPs are employing family?". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2011. Over in the Labour camp, it is a family affair for Hamilton North and Bellshill MSP Michael McMahon, who pays wife Margaret and daughter Siobhan as parliamentary assistant and researcher respectively.
^Lindsey Johnstone and Mareike Brensing (6 May 2011). "Holyrood to get first blind MSP". The Herald. Retrieved 14 May 2011. Another first is the election of a father and daughter, Michael and Siobhan McMahon. Mr McMahon was returned as MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill with a Labour majority of 714, while his daughter is one of three Labour MSPs representing the Central region.
