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FORMER
WOMEN MPs FIRST ELECTED IN THE 1980s
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Helen McElhone
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Date of Birth
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1933 (née
Brown)
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Family
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married MP,
children
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Education
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unknown
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Early career
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member, Shop,
Distributive and Allied Workers Union
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Years in parliament
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1982-83 (ret.
when constituency boundaries redrawn)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Glasgow Queen's
Park
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Other public
offices
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Strathclyde
Regional Council
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Angela Rumbold
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Date of Birth
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11 August 1932
(née
Jones)
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Family
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married, three
children
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Education
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King's College
London
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Early career
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Chairman, National
Association for Children in Hospital
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Early political experience
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Kingston-upon-Thames
Borough Council (1974-83)
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Years in parliament
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1982-97 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Merton, Mitcham
& Morden; Mitcham & Morden (1983-)
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Offices held
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PPS to Financial
Secretary to HM Treasury (1982-85), and to Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State, Department of the Environment (1985-86); Minister of State,
Department of Education & Science (1986-90); Minister of State,
Home Office (1990-92)
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Other public offices
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Co-Chairman
Women's National Commission (1986-90); Joint Deputy Chairman of
Conservative Party (1992-95), Vice Chairman (1995-97)
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Committees
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Social Services
(1982-83)
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Honours or titles
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CBE (1981),
DBE (1992)
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Edwina Currie
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Date of Birth
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13 October 1946
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Family
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married, two
children; divorced and remarried
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Education
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St Anne's
College, Oxford; London School of Economics
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Early career
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teacher and
lecturer
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Early political experience
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Birmingham City
Council (1975-86)
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Years in parliament
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1983-97 (def)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Derbyshire South
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Offices held
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PPS to Secretary
of State for Education & Science (1985-86), Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State, Department of Health & Social Security (1986-88)
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Anna McCurley
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Date of Birth
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18 January 1943
(née
Gemmell)
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Family
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married, one
child
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Education
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Glasgow University
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Early career
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teacher
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Early political experience
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Strathclyde
Regional Council (1978-82); contested West Stirlingshire (1979),
Glasgow Central (1980)
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Years in parliament
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1983-87 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Renfrew West
& Inverclyde
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Committees
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Scottish select
committee (1984-87)
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Other public
offices
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Trustee, National
Galleries of Scotland (1996-99)
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Elizabeth Peacock
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Date of Birth
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4 September
1937 (née
Gates)
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Family
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married, two
children
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Education
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St Monica's
Convent, Skipton
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Early career
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life assurance,
charitable trusts adviser
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Early political experience &
other campaigns
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North Yorkshire
County Councillor (1981-84); contested Batley & Spen (2001)
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Years in parliament
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1983-97 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Batley &
Spen
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Offices held
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PPS to Minister
of State, Home Office (1991-92); Minister of State, Department of
Social Security (Minister for Social Security & Disabled People)
1992
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Other public offices
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magistrate,
Deputy Lieutenant Yorkshire (1998-date)
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Committees
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Employment (1983-87)
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Llin Golding (Baroness
Golding)
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Date of Birth
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21 March 1933
(née Edwards)
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Family
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daughter of
MP, married (three children), remarried MP (whom she succeeded)
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Education
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Caerphilly Girls'
Grammar School
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Early career
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secretary and
assistant to husband when MP
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Years in parliament
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Commons: 1986-2001
(ret.); Lords: 2001-date
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Newcastle-under-Lyme
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Opposition
portfolios
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Social Security
(1992-93), Children & Families (1993-95), Food, Agriculture
& Rural Affairs (1995-97)
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Committees
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Broadcasting
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Elizabeth Shields
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Date of Birth
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27 February
1928 (née
Teare)
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Family
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married
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Education
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York University
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Early career
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school teacher,
university lecturer
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Early political experience &
other campaigns
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Rydeale District
Council (1980-date); contested Howden (1979) Ryedale (1983, 1992)
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Years in parliament
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1986-87 (def.)
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Party
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Liberal
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Constituency
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Ryedale
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Opposition portfolios
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Environment, Yorkshire & Humberside region
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Rosemary Barnes
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Date of Birth
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16 May 1946
(née
Allen)
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Family
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married, three
children
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Education
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Birmingham
University
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Early career
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market researcher
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Years in parliament
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1987-92 (def.)
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Party
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SDP, Social
Democrat (1990-)
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Constituency
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Greenwich
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Opposition portfolios
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Education &
Health
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Other public offices
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Chief
Executive, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Trust (1996-date)
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Maria Fyfe
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Date of Birth
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25 November
1938 (née
O'Neill)
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Family
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widow, two children
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Education
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Strathcyle University
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Early career
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lecturer
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Early political experience
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Glasgow District
Council (1980-87), Scottish Labour executive (1982-88)
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Years in parliament
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1987-2001 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Glasgow Maryhill
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Opposition portfolios
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Deputy shadow
minister for women (1988-91), Scottish health & Social Services
(1992-94), Scottish education & social work (1994-95)
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Mildred Gordon
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Date of Birth
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24 August 1923
(née
Fellerman)
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Family
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married, one
son; widowed and remarried
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Education
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Forest Teacher
Training College, Walthamstow
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Early career
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teacher
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Years in parliament
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1987-97 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Bow & Poplar
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Committees
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Education, Science
& the Arts (1991-97)
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Teresa Gorman
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Date of Birth
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30 September
1931
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Family
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married
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Education
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London University
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Early career
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teacher, entrepreneur,
writer
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Early political experience
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Westminster
City Council (1982-86), contested Streatham (Oct. 1974)
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Years in parliament
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1987-2001
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Party
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Conservative
(Whip suspended 1994-95 )
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Constituency
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Billericay
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Publications
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Gorman, No,
Prime Minister! (2001)
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Maureen Hicks
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Date of Birth
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23 February
1948 (Cutler)
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Family
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married, two
children
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Education
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Furzedown College
of Education
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Early career
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Marks &
Spencer, motor museum director
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Early political experience
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Stratford District
Council (1979-84)
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Years in parliament
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1987-92 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Wolverhampton
North East
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Offices held
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PPS to Minister
of State and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign &
Commonwealth Office (1991-92)
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Committees
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secretary of
Tourism committee (1987-92)
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Marjorie (Mo) Mowlam
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Date of Birth
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18 September
1949
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Family
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married
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Education
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Durham University,
Iowa University
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Early career
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lecturer, college
administrator
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Years in parliament
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1987-2001 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Redcar
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Offices held
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Secretary of
State for Northern Ireland (1997-99), Secretary of State for the
Cabinet Office & Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1999-2001)
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Opposition
portfolios
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Northern
Ireland (1988-89, 1994-97), city & corporate affairs (1989-92),
Citizen's Charter & women's affairs (1992-93), National Heritage
(1993-94); Shadow cabinet from 1992
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Other public offices
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Labour Party
NEC (1995-date)
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Publications
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Julia Langdon,
Mo Mowlam (2000); Mowlam, Momentum (2002)
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