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Motion · S6M-17176 · 10 Apr 2025

Marking the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Mary Barbour

Lodged by Paul O'Kane Standard Motion 23 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament understands that 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mary Barbour; further understands that Mary Barbour was born in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, on 20 February 1875; considers that Mary Barbour is widely recognised as a great champion of social reform for the part that it understands she personally played in the Glasgow rent strikes of 1915, specifically, organising tenant committees and resistance to evictions, as well becoming one of Glasgow’s first woman councillors when she was elected as the Labour candidate for Fairfield ward in Govan in 1920; believes that, during her time as a councillor, Mary Barbour fought for numerous social causes, including the provision of children’s playgrounds, free school milk, municipal wash-houses and Glasgow’s first family planning clinic; further believes that, from 1924 to 1927, she served as Glasgow Corporation’s first woman Baillie; celebrates that Mary Barbour has been commemorated by a statue at Govan Cross in Glasgow and by a cairn on Main Street in her home village of Kilbarchan, and hopes that the legacy of Mary Barbour will always be preserved and that all of her achievements for social reform and social justice will continue to be celebrated and remembered.

Supporters (23)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.