[1] In 2024, she re-entered parliament after the resignation of fellow Labour List MP Rino Tirikatene.

[2] McLellan was born in Sydney, Australia in May 1970, before moving to Southland, where she grew up in a state house.

[8] She was selected as its candidate for the Banks Peninsula electorate in November 2019, ahead of three other nominees: Reuben Davidson, Joe Davies and Tyrone Fields.

[12] In late January 2024 she returned to parliament as a List MP following the resignation of Rino Tirikatene.

[13] Following the resignation of Grant Robertson in mid-February 2024, McLellan assumed the Corrections and Associate Health portfolios in the Shadow Cabinet of Chris Hipkins.