Frances Curran (born 21 May 1961, Glasgow) is a leading activist in the Scottish Socialist Party. She was a member of the Scottish Parliament for West of Scotland during 2003-07. She was an unsuccessful candidate in the July 2008 Glasgow East by-election. During the campaign, she was informed that the police had received death threats against her.
She was formerly a member of the Labour Party and organiser for the entryist left wing Militant tendency group within the Party. As a member of the Labour Party, she served as Youth representative on the party's National Executive Committee as a representative of the Militant-dominated Labour Party Young Socialists in the early 1980s. She joined the Scottish Socialist Party when it was formed in 1998.
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