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FORMER
WOMEN MPs FIRST ELECTED 1990s
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Judith
Chaplin
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Date of Birth
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19 August 1939
(née Schofield)
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Family
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married, children
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Education
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Girton College,
Cambridge
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Early career
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accountant,
political advisor and assistant
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Early political experience
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Norfolk County
Council (1975-85)
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Years in parliament
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1992-93 (obit)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Newbury
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Committees
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Treaury &
Civil Service
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Death
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19 February
1993
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Angela
Knight
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Date of Birth
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31 October 1950
(née Cook)
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Family
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divorced, two
sons
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Education
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Bristol University
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Early career
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development
engineer, managing director of engineering company
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Early political
experience
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Sheffield City
Council (1987-92)
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Years in parliament
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1992-97 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Erewash
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Offices held
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PPS to Minister
for Industry (1993-94), Chancellor of Exchequer (1994-95); Economics
Secretary to the Treasury (1995-97)
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Committees
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Education (1992-93)
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Olga
Maitland
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Date of Birth
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23 May 1944
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Family
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daughter of
Earl of Lauderdale; married, three sons
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Education
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Lycée
Francais de Londres
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Early career
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journalist
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Early political experience &
other campaigns
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co-founder of
Women and Families for Defence; contested Bethnal Green & Stepney
(1987), Sutton & Cheam (2001)
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Years in parliament
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1992-97 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Sutton &
Cheam
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Committees
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Procedure (1992-95)
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Diana Maddock (Baroness
Maddock)
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Date of Birth
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19 May 1945
(née Derbyshire)
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Family
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twice married,
two daughters, second marriage to MP
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Education
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Portsmouth
Polytechnic
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Early career
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teacher
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Early political experience
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Southampton
County Council (1984-93); contested Southampton Test (1992)
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Years in parliament
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Commons: 1993-97
(def.); Lords: 1997-date
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Party
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Liberal Democrat
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Constituency
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Christchurch
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Opposition portfolios
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Housing, women's
issues and family policy (1994-97); Housing (1997-date)
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Other Public
offices
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President of
Liberal Democrats (1998-99)
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Honours or titles
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life peerage
(1997)
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Judith Church
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Date of Birth
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19 September
1953
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Family
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separated, two
sons
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Education
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Leeds University,
Huddersfield University, Aston University, Thames Valley University
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Early career
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factory inspector,
health and safety inspector, union official
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Early political experience
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Labour Party
NEC (1992-94); contested Stevenage (1992)
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Years in parliament
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1994-2001 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Dagenham
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Committees
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Deregulation
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Jackie Ballard
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Date of Birth
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4 January 1953
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Family
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divorced, one
daughter
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Education
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London School
of Economics
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Early career
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social worker,
lecturer
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Early political experience
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South Somerset
Dictrict Council (1987-91), Somerset County Council (1993-97), contested
Taunton (1992)
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Years in parliament
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1997-2001 (def.)
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Party
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Liberal Democrat
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Constituency
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Taunton
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Opposition portfolios
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local government
and women (1997-1999), education and employment (1999-2001)
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Christine Butler
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Date of Birth
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14
December 1943 (née
Smith)
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Family
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married,
three sons
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Education
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Middlesex
Polytechnic
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Early career
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NHS
and pharmaceutical industry research assistant
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Early political experience
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county
councillor
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Years in parliament
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1997-2001 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Castle Point
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Committees
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Environment,
Transport & Local Government
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Eileen
Gordon
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Date of Birth
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22 October 1946
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Family
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married, two
children
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Education
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Westminster
College, Oxford
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Early career
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teacher
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Early political experience
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assistant
to Tony Banks MP (1990-97)
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Years in parliament
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1997-2001 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Romford
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Committees
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Broadcasting
(1998-2001); Health (1999-2001)
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Fiona
Jones
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Date of Birth
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27 February
1957
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Family
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married, two
children
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Education
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Wirral and Preston
College
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Early career
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journalist
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Early political experience
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West
Lindsey Council (1990-94)
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Years in parliament
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1997-2001
(def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Newark
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Committees
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Agriculture
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Jenny
Jones
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Date of Birth
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8 February 1948
(née Bew)
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Family
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married, one
son
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Education
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Universities
of Bradford, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
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Early career
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business adviser,
social worker
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Early political experience
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Wolverhampton
Borough Council (1991-97)
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Years in parliament
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1997-2001 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Wolverhampton
South West
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Committees
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European legislation
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Tess
Kingham
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Date of Birth
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4 May 1963
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Family
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married, three
children
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Education
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University of
East Anglia, University of London
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Early career
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charity worker
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Early political experience
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contested Cotswolds,
European election (1994)
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Years in parliament
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1997-2001 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Gloucester
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Committees
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International
Development
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