Angela Evans Smith
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Angela Evans Smith MP
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| Assumed office 8 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
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| Preceded by | Kevin Brennan |
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Member of Parliament
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| Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | David Amess |
| Majority | 3,142 (7.3%) |
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| Born | 7 January 1959 Hackney, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Spouse | Nigel Smith |
| Alma mater | Leicester Polytechnic |
Angela Evans Smith (born 7 January 1959, London) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Basildon. She is currently Parliamentary Secretary for the Third Sector at the Cabinet Office.[1]
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[edit] Early life
She attended Pitsea Junior School and Chalvedon Comprehensive (now called Chalvedon School) on Wickford Avenue in Basildon. At Leicester Polytechnic, she studied Public Administration, gaining a BA. In 1978, she married Nigel Smith, who has written a number of books for key stage 3 and key stage 4 history.
From 1982–83, Smith was a trainee accountant with the London Borough of Newham. She then worked for the League Against Cruel Sports from 1983–95, becoming the head of Political and Public Relations. She was a political researcher from 1995–97.
Smith was a county councillor from 1989 and member of the fire authority of the county of Essex.[2]
[edit] Parliamentary career
Smith was selected to stand for election for Labour through an all-women shortlist [3]. This method of selection was subsequently declared illegal in January 1996 as it breached sex discrimination laws.[4] Despite the ruling she remained in place as the candidate for the following year's election. She was elected for the seat of Basildon at the 1997 general election, replacing the Conservative MP David Amess, who had moved to fight the neighbouring seat of Southend West, a wealthy safe seat which has guaranteed his re-election to Parliament since.
In December 1997 Smith introduced the private member's bill to minimise waste generation, and was successful in negotiating its passage through Parliament to become the Waste Minimisation Act 1998.
Smith was appointed a government whip in 1999, before being promoted to Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in October 2002. In 2006 she was moved to the Department for Communities and Local Government, with responsibility for the fire service.
On 28 June 2007 she was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the new Prime Minister Gordon Brown, entitling her to attend Cabinet meetings. She gave up this role at the reshuffle of June 2009, to enter the government at the Cabinet Office at Minister of State level.
[edit] References
- ^ [http://thirdsector.co.uk/News/login/911701/ Smith becomes Minister
- ^ Essex Fire and Rescue Service Website, New Fire Minister in Basildon, Accessed 9 October 2006
- ^ "Seats with Labour candidates from all-female shortlists". The Independent. 9 January 1996. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/seats-with-labour-candidates-from-allfemale-shortlists-1323052.html.
- ^ "Labour blow as all-women lists outlawed". The Independent. 9 January 1996. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/labour-blow-as-allwomen-lists-outlawed-1323046.html.
[edit] External links
- Angela Smith MP official website
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Angela Smith MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Angela Smith MP
- The Public Whip - Voting Record - Angela Smith MP
- BBC News - Politics - Angela Smith MP
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