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Annette Brooke MP
Annette Brooke
Member of Parliament
for Mid Dorset and North Poole
Incumbent
Assumed office 
7 June 2001
Born 7 June 1947 (1947-06-07) (age 61)
Nationality British
Political party Liberal Democrats

Annette Lesley Brooke (born June 7, 1947) is a British politician. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Mid Dorset and North Poole is a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person She is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Mid Dorset and North Poole is a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is currently a Liberal Democrat spokeswomen for Children, Schools and Families. The Department for Children Schools and Families ( DCSF) is a British government department created on 28 June 2007 following the disbanding of the

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Early life

Born Annette Kelly, she was educated at Romford County Technical School (became the Marshalls Park Upper School in 1973, then the site was knocked down in 2000 for housing, but Marshalls Park School still exists at the site of the former lower school at Pettits Lane - the former Pettits Secondary School) on Havering Drive in Romford, the London School of Economics where she received a BSc degree in Economics. Marshalls Park School is a heavily oversubscribed 11 to 16 mixed secondary school located in North Romford. Romford is a large suburban town in East London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Havering. The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the A Bachelor of Science ( BS, BSc or BSc in the UK; less commonly S Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. She qualified as a teacher at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. Hughes Hall is the oldest College for graduate and mature students in the University of Cambridge. She was a tutor with the Open University for 19 years from 1971 and was a school teacher from 1974, including at Aylesbury, and then Head of Economics at the independent Talbot Heath School for Girls in Bournemouth when she left in 1994. Open University is also the name of other institutions See Distance education or the Open Universities category for a list Talbot Heath School is a selective independent day and boarding school for girls aged 3-18 and boys 3-7 located in Talbot Woods Bournemouth. Bournemouth ( is a large coastal resort town in the Borough of Bournemouth in Dorset, England.

Parliamentary career

Annette Brooke was elected as a councillor on Poole Borough Council in 1986; she was the council's deputy leader 1995-7 and 1998-2000, and the Liberal Democrat Group Leader 2000-1. Poole ( is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset on the south coast of England She was the Mayor of Poole in 1998. She contested the Conservative held seat of Mid Dorset and Poole North at the 2001 General Election. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Results |} Total votes cast 26368204 All parties with more than 500 votes shown At the previous election the Conservative Christopher Fraser won the seat by just 681 votes. Results The election was fought under new boundaries with a net increase of eight seats compared to the 1992 election Christopher James Fraser is a British Conservative Party Politician and Member of Parliament for Norfolk South West. In 2001 the tables were turned and Annette Brooke was elected as the Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and Poole North by just 384 votes and has held the seat since. She made her maiden speech on June 21, 2001. A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly- elected members of a Legislature or Parliament. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

In Parliament she was made both a Liberal Democrat Whip and a Spokeswoman on Home Affairs by Charles Kennedy in 2001. Whip is a role in party-based politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for security and order Charles Peter Kennedy (born 25 November 1959 is a British politician. In 2004 she became a spokeswoman on Children. CHILD syndrome (or congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects) is a genetic disorder Following the 2005 General Election (at which Annette Brooke held her seat with a much increased majority of 5,482), she became a spokeswoman on Education and Skills, and carried on in a similar position as spokeswoman on Children, Schools and Families. Results Overview For events leading up to the date of the election see article Pre-election day events of the United Kingdom general The Department for Education and Skills (DfES was a United Kingdom government department between 2001 and 2007 The Department for Children Schools and Families ( DCSF) is a British government department created on 28 June 2007 following the disbanding of the

Personal life

In May 2005, she met Hollywood actress Natalie Portman to discuss the microfinance charity, FINCA International, and their joint plans to help the world's poorest people become self-sufficient. Natalie Portman (נטלי פורטמן born Natalie Hershlag June 9 1981 is an Israeli American Actress. The Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA International is a Non-profit, Microfinance organization founded by John Hatch in 1984 She is married to Michael (former geology schoolteacher, and councillor on Poole Borough Council since 2003) with two daughters (born c. 1971 and 1973) and is a partner in her family firm selling rocks and minerals, started in 1987. A mineral is a naturally occurring substance formed through geological processes that has a characteristic chemical composition a highly ordered atomic structure and specific They live in Broadstone. Broadstone is a Town and Suburb of Poole in the Poole district of Dorset, England; situated north of Poole

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Christopher Fraser		 Member of Parliament for Dorset Mid and Poole North
2001 – present		 Incumbent

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The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories Christopher James Fraser is a British Conservative Party Politician and Member of Parliament for Norfolk South West. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Mid Dorset and North Poole is a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Results |} Total votes cast 26368204 All parties with more than 500 votes shown Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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