Oona King, Baroness King of Bow
Oona Tamsyn King, Baroness King of Bow (born October 22, 1967 in Sheffield ) is a British Labor Party politician who was a member of the House of Commons between 1997 and 2005 and has been a Life Peeress member of the House of Lords since 2011 .
Life
Professional activities and MPs
After attending the Haverstock School and studying at the University of York , which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1990, Oona King was a research fellow with the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament and between 1990 and 1991 then until 1993 political assistant to MEP Glyn Ford . During this time she was on John Smith's campaign team in the April 9, 1992 general election and was a freelance speechwriter between 1993 and 1994 before working as political assistant to MEP Glenys Kinnock from 1994 to 1995 . After that, she from 1995 to 1997 as a union functionary for organizational matters at the GMB union operates.
In the general election on May 1, 1997 , Oona King was elected as a candidate for the Labor Party for the first time as a member of the House of Commons, where she represented the constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow until she was defeated in the elections on May 5, 2005 . During her eight-year parliamentary membership, she was a member of the House of Commons Committee on International Development from 1997 to 2001 and then from 2001 to 2005 a member of the House of Commons Committee on Transport, Local Administration and the Regions, and at the same time a member of the subcommittee on urban affairs there. Most recently, she worked from 2003 to 2005 as parliamentary private secretary of Minister Patricia Hewitt and at the same time between 2003 and 2005 by Stephen Timms , the then Financial Secretary to the Treasury ( Treasury ).
During her parliamentary membership, she was also Vice-Chair of the bipartisan parliamentary group for Bangladesh between 1997 and 2005 and temporarily chairman of the bipartisan parliamentary group for Rwanda , the African Great Lakes and for the Prevention of the Genocide in Rwanda . She also served as chairman of the Labor Party campaign for electoral reform and vice-chairman of the Labor Party MPs group from London . Between 2000 and 2002 she was also Vice-Chair of the British Council and also temporarily treasurer of the non-partisan parliamentary group Friends of Islam House of Commons .
Unsuccessful application for London Mayor and Lords House member
After losing the election and leaving the House of Commons, Oona King worked at 10 Downing Street as Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2009 and has been Diversity Manager at Channel 4 since 2009 . She is also involved in Amnesty International , the Jewish Cncl for Racial Democracy, One World Action, the 1990 Trust, the Fabian Society , the Campaign for Electoral Reform and Britain in Europe.
In early September 2010 she announced that she would run for Labor for the office of Mayor of London in the Mayor elections on May 3, 2012. In the internal party nomination election on September 24, 2012, however, she was clearly defeated by the former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone , who received 68.8 percent of the delegate's votes.
By a letters patent dated January 26, 2011 Oona King was raised to the nobility as a life peeress with the title Baroness King of Bow , of Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets . Shortly thereafter, took place on 31 January 2011. Introduction ( Introduction ) as a member of the House of Lords . In the House of Lords she belongs to the Labor Party faction .
In early 2013, she took part in the eighth season of the figure skating show Dancing on Ice .
Publications
- House Music - the Oona King Diaries (2007)
Web links
- Entry on Parliament's homepage (accessed on November 16, 2012)
- Oona King at Hansard (English)
- Entry in They Work For You (accessed November 16, 2012)
- Biography in Debrett's (accessed November 16, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pamela Anderson, Samia Ghadie and Shayne Ward get their skates on as Dancing On Ice 2013 line-up is announced , December 19, 2012, Daily Mail
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Oona, Baroness King of Bow |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | King, Oona Tamsyn, Baroness King of Bow (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, Member of the House of Commons, journalist and manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sheffield |