Jean Corston, Baroness Corston
Jean Ann Corston, Baroness Corston , PC (born May 5, 1942 ) is a British Labor Party politician .
Early life
Jean Ann Parkin went to Yeovil Girls' High School in Yeovil and Somerset College of Arts and Technology . She worked for the tax authorities. She graduated from the London School of Economics in 1989 with a Bachelor of Laws . From 1989 to 1990 she studied at the Inns of Court School of Law and the Open University . After graduating, she became a barrister .
Political career
Corsten was a Member of Parliament for the Labor Party in the Bristol East constituency from 1992 to 2005 . Before losing her mandate in the 2005 general election , she was the Labor Party leader as the first woman to hold the post.
On May 13, 2005, it was announced that she would be a Life Peer , and on June 29, 2005, she became Baroness Corston .
She was hired by the Home Office to conduct an investigation into women in the UK criminal justice system, which was published in 2007. The report became known as the Corston Report .
Personal
In 1961 she married Christopher Corston with whom she has a son and a daughter. From 1980 until his death in 2009, her partner was the sociologist Peter Townsend . They married in 1985.
Web links
- BBC: City MP to stand down at election
- The Corston Report: a review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system. Retrieved August 9, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ^ The national archives: Vulnerable women in prison: report. March 13, 2007, accessed August 9, 2019 .
- ^ Marriages England and Wales 1984-2005 ( Memento from February 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Corston, Jean Corston, Baroness |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Corston, Jean Ann Corston, Baroness (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Labor Party politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1942 |