Beverley Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford

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Beverley Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford (born March 30, 1950 in Ellesmere Port , Merseyside , England ) is a British Labor Party politician . She was Minister for Children, Youth and Families from 2005 to 2009 and a cabinet member in the Gordon Brown Government from 2008 to 2009 . She has been a member of the House of Lords since 2010 .

Early years and professional careers

She was born on March 30, 1950 in Ellesmere Port in the north west of England. She attended what was then Ellesmere Port Girls' Grammar School and later the University of Manchester , where she graduated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science degree in social sciences . She received a Diploma in Applied Social Studies from Liverpool University in 1974 . From 1971 to 1976 she worked as a probation officer in Merseyside. She was awarded a Masters of Science degree from the University of Manchester in 1978 for her research on welfare interventions for schizophrenics .

In 1976 she moved to Flixton, Greater Manchester , where she still lives today, as a research fellow at Manchester University . In 1981 she got a teaching position at the Department of Social Policy at the university, became its head in 1994 and headed the department for three years until 1997.

Political career

Her political career began with her election as a councilor of the Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in 1986. In the following years she took on various leadership roles, such as that of Labor Group Leader in 1992 , and became director in the same year of Trafford Park Development Corporation and in 1995, while she was director of Manchester Airport , took on the position of Leader of Trafford Council .

In 1997 she stood in the parliamentary elections for the Labor Party in the constituency of Stretford and Urmston in Greater Manchester, got the mandate and gave up all of her offices and positions in local politics. She held the seat of parliament until 2010 and until then held the following political offices:

  • 1997 - Member of the Home Affairs Select Committee .
  • 1998–1999 - Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Minister of State for the Environment, Transportation and Regions, Hilary Armstrong .
  • 1999–2001 - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and Regions.
  • 2001–2002 - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prison and Parole.
  • 2002–2003 - Minister of State for Immigration and Citizenship in Home Office .
  • 2003–2004 - Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Counter-Terrorism in Home Office .
  • 2004 - appointed member of the Privy Council .
  • 2005–2007 - Minister of State for Children, Youth and Families.
  • 2007–2009 - Minister of State for Children and Juvenile Courts.
  • 2007–2009 - Minister for the North West.
  • 2008–2009 - Member of Brown Cabinet .

In June 2009, she said she resigned from all positions due to family reasons. She also no longer wanted to run for the parliamentary elections again. Although she was also accused of irregularities in the wake of the scandal involving British MPs' expense reports, she strictly refused to see her resignation in this context.

On July 26, 2010, she was raised as Baroness Hughes of Stretford , of Ellesmere Port in the County of Cheshire, to life peeress and thereby a member of the House of Lords.

She has been the spokesperson for education in her party since 2011.

Private

Beverley Hughes has been married to Thomas McDonald since 1973 and has two daughters and one son.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Baroness Hughes of Stretford . BBC , accessed December 10, 2012 .
  2. ^ Voting Record - Baroness Hughes of Stretford . the public whip , accessed December 10, 2012 .
  3. ^ MPs' Expenses . The Telegraph , accessed December 10, 2012 .
  4. ^ Beverley Hughes to stand down as MP at general election . The Telegraph , June 2, 2009, accessed December 10, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Introduction: Baroness Hughes of Stretford . Parliament of United Kingdom , accessed December 10, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Hughes, Beverley, Baroness Hughes of Stretford
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hughes, Beverley; Hughes, Beverley J .; Hughes, Beverley June
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Labor Party politician, member of the House of Lords
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellesmere Port , Merseyside, England