SCOTTISH Labour leader Richard Leonard has praised former Glasgow MP Maria Fyfe as an “inspiration” following her death. 

The Labour politician, who represented Maryhill for 14 years from 1987 to 2001, died yesterday morning after a short illness. 

Posting on social media, her family said: “She was part of the lives of so many people across the Labour Party and the wider labour movement, as well as caring so much for her beloved city, and her achievements make us all so proud.”

The former MP was a well-known campaigner in Glasgow and also chaired the Remember Mary Barbour campaign. 

Mr Leonard said: “Maria Fyfe was honest, principled and a pioneer, someone who fought for what she believed in to the very end.

“Maria believed a society built on equality, peace and socialism was possible, and it is our duty to uphold her memory by carrying on her work.”