She read for a BSc in Geography at St. Aidan's College of University of Durham, being taught by David Bellamy, and graduated in 1981.

[1] McIsaac started her political career as a councillor to the London Borough of Wandsworth in the Tooting ward in 1990.

[2] McIsaac proposed a bill limiting the use of fireworks, and supported anti-fox hunting measures.

[4] In October 2009, following significant research, McIsaac launched a small campaign to raise awareness of the poor state of many of Britain's war memorials.

[5] Her principal case study was of the war memorial in Wold Newton, a small village in her constituency.