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Lady Jane Ann Winterton (born March 6, 1941 as Jane Ann Hodgson in Sutton Coldfield) is the British Member of Parliament for Congleton, and was first elected as a Conservative MP in 1983. March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Map sources for Sutton Coldfield at grid reference SP1395 Sutton Coldfield constituency shown within Birmingham Sutton Coldfield is a part of the City of Birmingham, England. ... 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. ... Congleton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ...


She is married to Sir Nicholas Winterton, who is also a Conservative MP representing the neighbouring constituency of Macclesfield. She has three children with him, one daughter and two sons. Sir Nicholas Raymond Winterton (born March 31, 1938, Rugeley, Staffordshire) is an British politician, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Macclesfield. ... Macclesfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

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Controversies

Pakistani joke

Winterton became opposition Shadow Rural Affairs Minister in May 2002, and was sacked the next year for telling the following joke at a rugby club dinner: Rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Qichun, a rural town in Hubei province, China Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A Rugby player Rugby football refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School. ...

An Englishman, a Cuban, a Japanese man and a Pakistani were all on a train.
The Cuban threw a fine Havana cigar out the window. When he was asked why, he replied: "They are ten a penny in my country."
The Japanese man threw an expensive Nikon camera out of the carriage, adding: "These are ten a penny in my country."
The Englishman then picked up the Pakistani and threw him out of the train window.
When the other travelers asked him to account for his actions, he said: "They are ten a penny in my country."' [1]

Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831... Havana (Spanish in full: San Cristóbal de La Habana, usually shortened to just La Habana; UN/LOCODE: CU HAV) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of more than 2. ... Four cigars of different brands (from top: H. Upmann, Montecristo, Macanudo, Romeo y Julieta) An airtight cigar storage tube and a guillotine-style cutter A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco, one end of which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into... A variety of coins considered to be lower-value, including an Irish 2p piece and many US pennies. ... Nikon redirects here; there is also a leader of the Russian Orthodox Church named Patriarch Nikon. ... A camera is a device used to take pictures (usually photographs), either singly or in sequence, with or without sound recording, such as with video cameras. ...

Joke about the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster

In February 2004 she had the Conservative whip removed (suspension from the party) for telling the following joke at a Whitehall private dinner party to improve Anglo-Danish relations (which alluded to the recent death of several dozen illegal immigrant Chinese cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay), and refusing to apologise: The Morecambe Bay cockling disaster occurred on the evening of the 5 February 2004 in Lancashire, England with at least 21 cockle pickers drowned by incoming tides in Morecambe Bay. ... Whitehall, London, looking south towards the Houses of Parliament. ... Illegal immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently, in violation of the law or without documents permitting an immigrant to settle in that country. ... Genera Acanthocardia Americardia Cardium Cerastoderma Clinocardium Corculum Ctenocardia Dinocardium Discors Fragum Fulvia Laevicardium Lophocardiium Lyrocardium Lunulicardia Microcardium Nemocardium Papyridea Parvicardium Plagiocardium Ringicardium Trachycardium Trigoniocardia Serripes Cockles are the family Cardiidae of bivalve mollusks. ... Morecambe Bay at low tide from Hest Bank, looking towards Grange-over-Sands. ...

One shark turned to the other to say he was fed up chasing tuna and the other said, 'Why don't we go to Morecambe Bay and get some Chinese?' [2]

A month later, Winterton apologised for that joke, and had the whip restored [3]. Lord Taylor, the only black Conservative peer in the House of Lords, condemned her being restored and said she was not fit to be an MP.[4]. John David Beckett Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick (born 1952) is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ...


Labour MP Nick Palmer, who was at the dinner, told BBC Radio 4's Today: "People were a bit stunned really. It was a very low-key friendly dinner. I was very sorry for the host - it was just a group of people discussing Danish issues. Most people make a bad joke now and then, but to make a joke about people who have just died in particularly horrible circumstances - the contrast between standing on the beach in the dark being drowned and sitting round a comfortable table making jokes about them is just, just horrible."[5] The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the main left-wing political party of the United Kingdom. ... Dr Nicholas Douglas Palmer (born 5 February 1950, London) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Today, commonly referred to as the Today programme to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4s long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, which is now broadcast from 6am to 9am from Monday to Friday and from 7am to 9am on Saturdays. ...


Michael Howard, the then leader of the Conservatives, said in a statement: "Ann Winterton's remarks about the tragic deaths in Morecambe Bay were completely unacceptable. Such sentiments have no place in the Conservative Party. I deplore them and I apologise for them on behalf of my party."[6] The Rt. ...


Xenophobic sentiment

In September 2005 (following the May general election) Winterton said she felt that Britain is a country where The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ...

crime is out of control ... and where thousands of illegal immigrants are waved in with no checks on whether they are criminals or potential terrorists", and
We live in times of tremendous change, but the United Kingdom is still, thankfully, a predominantly white, Christian country. " "Some might say we are now paying the price for the so-called 'benefits' of the multicultural society, the product of almost uncontrolled immigration and the abuse of asylum." [7]

Terrorism refers to the use of violence for the purpose of achieving a political, religious, or ideological goal. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Christianity. ... Multiculturalism or cultural pluralism is a policy, ideal, or reality that emphasizes the unique characteristics of different cultures in the world, especially as they relate to one another in immigrant receiving nations. ... Look up asylum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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Founded in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd (a privately owned company), subsequently Incorporated and nationalised in 1927 as The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. ...

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Preceded by:
(new constituency)
Member of Parliament for Congleton
1983 – present
Incumbent

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Ann Winterton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (762 words)
Lady Jane Ann Winterton (born March 6, 1941 as Jane Ann Hodgson in Sutton Coldfield) is the British Member of Parliament for Congleton, and was first elected as a Conservative MP in 1983.
She is married to Sir Nicholas Winterton, who is also a Conservative MP representing the neighbouring constituency of Macclesfield.
Winterton became opposition Shadow Rural Affairs Minister in May 2002, and was sacked the next year for telling the following joke at a rugby club dinner:
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