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FORMER
UK WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
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Diana,
Baroness Elles
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Date of Birth
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19
July 1921 (née
Newcombe)
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Family
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married,
two children including James Elles MEP
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Education
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London
University
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Early career
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barrister
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Years in Parliament
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Lords:
1972-date; Europe: 1973-75 (delegate), 1979-89 (ret.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Thames
Valley
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Other public
offices
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UK
delegate to United Nations (1972)
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Opposition portfolios
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Lords:
Foreign & European affairs (1975-79)
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Beata
Brookes
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Date of Birth
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21
January 1931
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Family
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single
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Education
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University
of Wales, Bangor
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Early career
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social
worker, company secretary, farmer
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Early political
experience
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contested
Widnes (1955), Warrington (1963), Manchester Exchange (1964)
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Years in Parliament
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1979-89 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Wales North
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Committees
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Education,
Agriculture
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Honours
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CBE
(1996)
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Janey
Buchan
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Date of Birth
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30 April 1926
(née Kent)
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Family
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commercial
college
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Education
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married Norman
Buchan MP, one son
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Early career
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housewife
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Early political
experience
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Strathclyde
Regional Council (1974-79)
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Years in Parliament
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1979-84 (ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Glasgow
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Other public
offices
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Scottish Arts
Council, Scottish Gas Consumers Council
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Norvela
Forster
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Date of Birth
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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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Early political
experience
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Hampstead
Borough Council
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Years in Parliament
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1979-84 (def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Birmingham
South
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Death
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1993
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Shelagh
Roberts
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Date of Birth
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13 October
1924
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Family
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single
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Early career
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industrial
relations consultant
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Early political
experience
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Kensington
& Chelsea Borough Council (1953-71), Greater London Council
(1970-81); Chairman, Conservative National Women's Advisory Committee
(1972-75)
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Years in Parliament
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1979, 1979-89
(def.)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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London South
West
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Other public
offices
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Race
Relations Board (1973-77), Panel of Industrial Tribunals (1973-79),
Chairman, London Tourist Board & Convention Bureau (1989-92)
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Honours
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DBE (1981),
life peerage (1992)
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Death
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16 January
1992
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Margaret
Daly
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Date of Birth
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26 January
1938 (née Bell)
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Family
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married,
one child
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Education
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Methodist
College, Belfast
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Early career
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assurance,
company, union official
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Early political
experience
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Conservative
party consultant; National Director of Conservative Trade Unionists
(1979-84)
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Years in Parliament
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1984-94 (def.)
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Other campaigns
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contested
Weston-super-Mare (1997)
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Party
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Conservative
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Constituency
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Somerset &
Dorset West
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Committees
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Women's
Rights, Economic & Monetary Affairs, Industrial Policy, Development
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Carole
Tongue
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Date of Birth
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14
October 1955
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Family
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divorced,
one daughter
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Education
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Loughborough
University of Technology
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Early career
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assistant
editor, laboratory practice; courier/guide
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Years in Parliament
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1984-99
(def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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London
East
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Other public
offices
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deputy
leader, European PLP (1989-91)
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Committees
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Media,
Youth & Culture; Industry; Social Affairs
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Pauline
Green
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Date of Birth
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8
December 1948 (née
Wiltshire)
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Family
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married,
two children
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Education
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Open
University, London School of Economics
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Early career
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police
officer
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Early political
experience
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contested
Chipping Barnet council (1986)
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Years in Parliament
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1989-2000
(ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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London
North
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Offices held
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President,
Group of Party of European Socialists (1994-2000)
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Committees
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Environment,
Public Health, Consumer Protection
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Other public
offices
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Chief executive,
Cooperative Union (2000-)
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Christine
Oddy
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Date of Birth
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20
September 1955
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Education
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Birkbeck
College, University College London
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Early career
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law
clerk, solicitor, law lecturer
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Years in Parliament
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1989-99
(ret.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Midlands
Central, Coventry & Warwickshire North (1994-)
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Other campaigns
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contested
Coventry North West (2001)
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Committees
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Women's
Rights, Social Affairs, Legal Affairs
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Anita
Pollack
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Date of Birth
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3 June 1946
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Family
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married, one
child
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Education
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London Polytechnic,
Birkbeck College
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Early career
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copywriter,
editor
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Early political
experience
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political and
research assistant; contested London South West (1984), Woking (1987)
(Westminster election)
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Years in Parliament
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1989-99 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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London South
West
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Committees
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Environment,
Public Health & Consumer Protection; External Economic Relations;
Women's Rights
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Veronica
Hardstaff
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Date of Birth
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23 October 1941
(née Tutt)
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Family
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married, two
children
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Education
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Universities
of Manchester. Cologne
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Early career
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language teacher
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Early political
experience
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Sheffield City
Council (1971-78)
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Years in Parliament
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1994-99 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Lincolnshire
& Humberside
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Susan
Waddington
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Date of Birth
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23 August 1944
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Family
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married, two
children
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Education
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Leicester University
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Early career
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lecturer, community
worker
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Early political
experience
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Leicestershire
County Council (1973-91; leader 1982-84); contested Leicestershire
North West (1987)
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Years in Parliament
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1994-99 (def.)
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Party
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Labour
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Constituency
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Leicester
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