Natalie McGarry (born 7 September 1981)[1] is a Scottish former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2015 to 2017.

[4] In November 2015, following allegations of financial misconduct, McGarry withdrew from the SNP party whip while the matter was investigated.

In 2016, she was charged with a number of fraud offences relating to apparent discrepancies in the finances of the SNP Glasgow Regional Association and Women for Independence.

High School, Dunfermline, before studying law at the University of Aberdeen, and worked as a policy adviser for a voluntary sector organisation.

[9][10] She told the Glasgow Herald the group was created "over a glass of wine" with former SSP MSP Carolyn Leckie as its main driving force.

[11] Explaining the decision, she said: "We came together because a group of us arrived at the conclusion, individually, that women's voices were missing from both sides of the referendum debate.

[17] In March, McGarry also claimed on Twitter that the organisation Scotland in Union was "headed by an internet troll and an outed holocaust denier".

[22] In September 2015, Women for Independence alerted police after noticing discrepancies in its accounts,[23][24] prompting an investigation into campaign funds, which was publicly reported for the first time in November 2015.

[23][27] On 24 November, after the allegations surfaced, it was announced that McGarry had resigned the SNP whip and was automatically suspended from the party.

The following day, she pleaded guilty to two charges of embezzlement including £21,000 from Women for Independence and £4,661 from SNP Glasgow regional association.

[38] Her retrial for embezzling money from two Scottish independence organisations, Perth and Kinross food bank and a charity that campaigns on behalf of people who have been through the justice system, commenced on 6 April 2022 in Glasgow Sheriff Court.

[44] In May 2016, McGarry married David Meikle, a Conservative councillor on Glasgow City Council representing the Pollokshields ward.