Pat Glass

Glass stood down at the 2017 snap general election, citing the "bruising referendum" as a major cause.

In September 2015, Glass was appointed as Shadow Education Minister with responsibility for childcare by the newly elected 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.

Glass took a prominent role in Labour's campaign to remain in the EU in the June 2016 referendum campaign. On 19 May 2016, 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. She also added "I'm never coming back to wherever this is".

In 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. The next day, Glass announced that she would not stand at the next general election. The day after that, she resigned as Shadow Education Secretary, saying that the "situation is untenable", and making the statement:

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."

Glass lives with her husband Bob in Lanchester, County Durham. Her husband Bob Glass served on Durham County Council from 2013 to 2017 as the Councillor for Delves Lane ward. Her brother Martin Gannon is a Councillor on Gateshead Council and is currently leader of the Council.

Glass was elected to the House of Commons at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham. Her particular interest is education, and has sat on the Education Select Committee

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.

Patricia Glass (born 14 February 1957) is a former Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for North West Durham from 2010–2017. She was appointed Shadow Education Secretary on 27 June 2016 by Jeremy Corbyn, but resigned two days later after announcing that she would be standing down at the next United Kingdom general election.