Barbara Maureen Roche, née Margolis (born 13 April 1954) is a politician in the United Kingdom. 13 April is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Education: Jews Free School, Camden Town (where she was Head Girl); Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (BA). Jews Free School (also known as JFS) is a famous Jewish secondary school. ... Camden Town is a place in the London Borough of Camden, north London. ... College name Lady Margaret Hall Named after Lady Margaret Beaufort Established 1878 Sister College Newnham College Principal Dr Frances Lannon JCR President Joe Collenette Undergraduates 424 Graduates 148 Homepage Lady Margaret Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...

She trained to be a barrister, and was called to the Bar, Middle Temple, 1977. The Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

She was the Labour member of Parliament for the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency from 1992 to 2005. She had previously contested the seat in 1987, and before that, was the Labour candidate in the Surrey South West by-election of 1984. 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. ... Hornsey and Wood Green is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... The governing Labour Party, led by Tony Blair, was looking to secure a third consecutive term in office and to retain a large majority. ... The UK general election, 1987 was held on June 11, 1987 and was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives. ... This page is about the year 1984. ...

She held several ministerial offices: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry, 1997-8; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1999; Minister of State: Home Office, 1999-2001; Cabinet Office, 2001-2; Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2002-3. A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ... The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about various offices in the government of the United Kingdom. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... 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. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Cabinet Office is a United Kingdom government department. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is a department of the British government. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She is an avid theatre-goer and reader of detective fiction. Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centres upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ...

External link

• Official Website
• They Work For You - Barbara Roche