| Fiona Mactaggart MP | |
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Member of Parliament
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| Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | John Arthur Watts |
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| Born | 12 September 1953 Glasgow |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Cheltenham Ladies' College |
Fiona Margaret Mactaggart (born 12 September 1953, Glasgow) is a politician in the United Kingdom. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Slough is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar John Arthur Watts (born ( 19 April 1947) was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom 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 Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls located in Cheltenham, a spa town in the English Cotswolds in the county Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located She is Labour member of Parliament for the Slough parliamentary constituency. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Slough is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Early life
While at university, she was an outspoken member of the Young Students and Socialists Society and sought to live down her Cheltenham Ladies' College schooling. Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls located in Cheltenham, a spa town in the English Cotswolds in the county Student qualifications she has received are BA English King's College London, MA Institute of Education, Bloomsbury and PGCE Goldsmiths College, New Cross. King's College London is a British Higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the federal University of London. A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large The Institute of Education ( IoE) is a constituent college of the University of London, dedicated to Postgraduate study and research in the field of The Postgraduate Certificate in Education ( PGCE) is a one-year course in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for Undergraduate degree For the Memphis department store see Goldsmith's. For other uses of the term "Goldsmiths" see Goldsmith (disambiguation. On being a teacher she said "I have a voice that children can hear me at the other end of the playground. "
She was Vice-President and National Secretary of the National Union of Students from 1978 to 1981. The National Union of Students ( NUS) is the main confederation of Students' unions that exist inside the United Kingdom. She was General Secretary of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants from 1982-87. She was a primary school teacher in Peckham from 1987-92. See also Primary education A primary school (from French école primaire) is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory This article is about the South London town For the villages in Kent see East Peckham and West Peckham. She was a councillor and Leader of the Labour Group on Wandsworth Council from 1988 to 1990. The London Borough of Wandsworth (ˈlʌndən bʌɹə ɒv ˈwɒndz Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) From 1992-7, she was a Lecturer in Primary Education at the Institute of Education and Chair of Liberty. Primary education is the first stage of Compulsory education. Liberty is a Pressure group based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1934 by Ronald Kidd and Sylvia Crowther-Smith (later Scaffardi While a primary school teacher, she decided to become an MP, as being able to change the world "thirty people at a time"seemed too slow for her.
Parliamentary career
She was first elected to Parliament in 1997, being selected from an all-female shortlist. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar From May 2003 until the May 5, 2006 Cabinet reshuffle, she served at the Home Office as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for Criminal Justice and Offender Management. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for security and order Criminal justice is the system of practices and organizations used by national and local governments directed at maintaining Social control, deterring She is on the Education & Skills Select Committee. The Education & Skills Select Committee was a Committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Personal life
Her father, the late Sir Ian Mactaggart Bt, was a multimillionaire Glasgow property developer, Conservative candidate and Eurosceptic. A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt) or the rare female equivalent a baronetess (abbreviation Btss) is the holder The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Euroscepticism Euro (disambiguation --> has become a general term for opposition to the process Her mother's father, Sir Herbert Williams Bt, was a Conservative Member of Parliament for 27 years. Sir Herbert Geraint Williams 1st Baronet, ( 2 December 1884 &ndash 25 July 1954) was a British politician and Conservative The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Her great-grandfather however was Sir John Mactaggart, the first treasurer of the first branch of Keir Hardie's Labour Party. James Keir Hardie (15 August 1856 - 26 September 1915 was a Scottish Socialist and labour leader and was the first independent labour Member of Parliament Her father left her a fifth of his £6. 5m estate, and it is thought she is the second richest Labour MP. An estate is the Net worth of a person at any point in time It is the sum of a person's Assets - legal rights interests and entitlements to Property of She suffers from multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata) is an autoimmune condition in which the She is not married and has no children, being infertile. Female infertility|Male infertility Infertility primarily refers to the biological inability of a Man or a Woman to contribute to conception. Her twin sister stood as a Parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Devizes in the 1992 General Election.
External links
- Fiona Mactaggart official site
- Fiona Mactaggart MP official biography on the Home Office website
- Fiona Mactaggart MP on Ask Aristotle from The Guardian
- Fiona Mactaggart MP on TheyWorkForYou. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. com
- Interviewed by BBC's Newsround
- Guardian 2003 article
- Chantal McCorkle[1], who has been visited in FCI Dublin by Fiona McTaggart
News items
- Interviewed on Newsnight
- Making public schools justify their charitable status in 2004 (even though she went to one herself)
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