(Constance) Ann Cryer JP (born December 14, 1939) is a British politician and the Labour Member of Parliament for Keighley. A Justice of the Peace (JP) is a magistrate appointed by a commission to keep the peace, dispense summary justice and deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Keighley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Born Constance Ann Place in Lytham St Annes, she was educated at the St John's Primary School in Darwen and the Spring Bank Secondary Modern School, Darwen, before attending the Bolton Technical College and the Keighley Technical College. She began her career working as a clerk with the Imperial Chemical Industries plc in 1955, moving to the General Post Office 1960-1964. She became a researcher in social history at the University of Essex in 1969 before becoming a full time personal assistant for twenty years to her MP husband Bob Cryer from 1974 until his death in a car accident on April 12, 1994. She became a justice of the peace in 1996. Map sources for Lytham St Annes at grid reference SD342278 Lytham St Annes is a town in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England. ... Primary or elementary education consist of the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... b Location within the British Isles Arms of the former Darwen Borough Council Darwen (from the Celtic: dwr-gwyn or derva (Darren in Lancashire dialect) is a small market town in Lancashire, England. ... The University of Bolton (formerly Bolton Institute of Higher Education) is a university in Bolton in the United Kingdom. ... Keighley War Memorial Keighley (pronounced Keith-Leigh or ) is a town and civil parish in the county of West Yorkshire, England, north west of Bradford, on the meeting point of the River Aire and the River Worth. ... Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) is a British chemical company, based in London. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British General Post Office (GPO) was officially established in 1660 by Charles II and it eventually grew to combine the functions of both the state postal system and telecommunications carrier. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Social history is an area of historical study considered by some to be a social science that attempts to view historical evidence from the point of view of developing social trends. ... University of Essex The University of Essex is a British university, one of the Glass Plate universities (like Warwick or York). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Bob Cryer (1934-1994) was a politician in the United Kingdom. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... A car accident in Yate, near Bristol, England, in July 2004. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

She was elected to the House of Commons for one of her husband's former constituencies, Keighley, at the 1997 General Election, defeating the sitting Conservative MP Gary Waller by 7,132 votes and has remained the MP there since. She made her moving maiden speech on May 16, 1997.[1] The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected representative in such bodies as the House of Commons or the United States House of Representatives. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Since the 2005 General Election she has been a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee. She has been a member of the Bradford Cathedral Council since 2000. She married her husband Bob Cryer in 1963 and they had a son and a daughter. When she entered parliament in 1997 she was joined by her son, John Cryer who had been elected for Hornchurch from 1997 until 2005, they formed the only mother son partnership in the Commons at that time. Ann Cryer has voted against the government on many issues, is seen as a Eurosceptic, and is in favour of nuclear disarmament. She is a member of the left-wing Socialist Campaign Group. She is a grandmother. She has faced much criticism from some of her Asian constituents, she has called on immigrants to learn to speak English before entering the country [2], she has also spoken out against arranged marriages. She comes from a political dynasty, her father, Allen Place, was an activist in the Independent Labour Party and her grandmother was a leading suffragette and she cites Annie Besant as one of her heroines. Ann Cryer plans to retire prior to the next general election in 2009/2010. The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ... A Select Committee of the British Parliament is a committee made up of a small number of members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues. ... The east end of the cathedral The interior The Altar Bradford Cathedral (Grid reference SE166333) is situated in the heart of Bradford town centre on a site used for Christian worship since 8th century. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Robert Cryer (born 11 April 1964) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and former Member of Parliament for Hornchurch from 1997 until 2005 when he lost his seat. ... Hornchurch is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Euroscepticism is scepticism about, or disagreement with, the purposes of the European Union, sometimes coupled with a desire to preserve national sovereignty. ... Nuclear disarmament is the proposed undeployment and dismantling of nuclear weapons particularly those the United States and the Soviet Union (later Russia) targeted on each other. ... The Socialist Campaign Group is a left wing grouping of Labour Party Members of Parliament in the UK. The group is generally Eurosceptic. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... An arranged marriage is a marriage in which the marital partners are chosen by others based on considerations other than the pre-existing mutual attraction of the partners. ... The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a former political party in the United Kingdom. ... Suffragette with banner, Washington DC, 1918 The title of suffragette was given to members of the womens suffrage movement in the United Kingdom. ... Annie Besant Thought-form of the music of Charles Gounod, according to Besant and C.W. Leadbeater in Thought-Forms (1901) Annie Wood Besant (Clapham, London October 1, 1847 - India September 20, 1933) was a prominent Theosophist, womens rights activist, writer and orator. ... Sir Galahad, a hero of Arthurian legend From the Greek cognate ηρως, in mythology and folklore, a hero (male) or heroine (female) is an eminent character who quintessentially embodies key traits valued by its originating culture. ...

Works

• Boldness be My Friend: Remembering Bob Cryer by Ann Cryer and John Cryer, 1997, Bradford Arts, Museums and Libraries Service, ISBN 0907734480

External links

• ePolitix - Ann Cryer official site
• Guardian Unlimited Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Ann Cryer MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Ann Cryer MP
• The Public Whip - Ann Cryer MP voting record
• BBC News - Ann Cryer profile 10 February, 2005