Kevin Maguire

Who is Kevin Maguire?

Kevin Maguire is a British political journalist, currently Associate Editor at the Daily Mirror newspaper. Earlier in his career Maguire was Chief Reporter for The Guardian.

In April 2009 Maguire became drawn into the Damian McBride affair, when it was reported he had attended a meeting with McBride and Ray Collins to discuss the Labour Party's online political attack strategy.

Maguire is a frequent contributor to Sky News and the BBC. He appeared on Have I Got News for You for the first time on 24 October 2008.

Since mid-2011, he co-hosted a Sunday morning politics show with the Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce on talk radio station LBC 97.3 having previously been a regular stand-in presenter of other shows across the station. He gave up the show in March 2012 in order to concentrate on his job at the Daily Mirror.

Maguire lives in Kingston upon Thames in Surrey and is married to novelist Emma Burstall, who attended the elitist St Paul's Girls' School. He has three children: the elder attended Tiffin School, a selective all-girls grammar school in Kingston upon Thames. He supports Premier League football club Sunderland.