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Baroness Hughes of Stretford

Member of the House of Lords (Labour).

Membership

  • House of Lords, Labour (26 July 2010 – now)
  • MP for Stretford and Urmston, Labour (5 May 2005 – 12 April 2010)
  • MP for Stretford and Urmston, Labour (7 June 2001 – 11 April 2005)
  • MP for Stretford and Urmston, Labour (1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001)

Roles

  • Shadow Spokesperson (Education) (13 October 2010 – 1 July 2014)
  • Minister of State (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Children and Youth Justice) (and Minister for the North West) (28 June 2007 – 5 June 2009)
  • Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Children, Young People and Families) (10 May 2005 – 28 June 2007)
  • Minister of State (Home Office) (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism) (29 May 2002 – 1 April 2004)
  • The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (11 June 2001 – 28 May 2002)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions) (29 July 1999 – 7 June 2001)

Stretford and Urmston: 2005 general election: majority 7,851 (20.6%); 2001 general election: majority 13,271 (34.0%); 1997 general election: majority 13,640 (28.0%).