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Encyclopedia > Celia Barlow
Celia Barlow MP
Celia Barlow
Member of Parliament
for Hove
Incumbent
Assumed office 
5 May 2005
Preceded by Ivor Caplin
Succeeded by Incumbent
Born September 28, 1955 (1955-09-28) (age 52)
Cardiff, Wales
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Alma mater Cardiff University

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Early life

Celia Barlow was born in Cardiff, Wales, and was educated at the University of Cambridge and Cardiff University. She began her career as a reporter on the Bradford Telegraph and Argus in 1979. She was appointed an assistant editor with Asia Television in Hong Kong in 1982. She returned to Britain in 1983 to become the Home News Editor with the BBC. She left the BBC in 1995. She became a freelance video producer in 1998 before lecturing in video production at the Chichester College of Art and Design from 2000. This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ... The main building of Cardiff University Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cardiff University Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a leading university located in the civic centre of Cardiff, Wales. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... The Telegraph & Argus is the local evening newspaper for Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. ... Asia Television Limited (logo aTV) (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) was Hong Kongs first television station under Rediffusion. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Freelance 800F - The compact solution ABBs Freelance 800F control system combines easy engineering with an open, modern system architecture. ... A video editor operating an AVID video software editing system in an editing suite. ... Lecturer is a term of academic rank. ... Chichester College is a college of further education in Chichester, West Sussex. ...


Parliamentary career

She was elected Secretary of the Chelsea Constituency Labour Party in 1993, and became the Chair of the Chichester Constituency Labour Party in 1998. She was selected to fight the safe Tory seat of Chichester at the 2001 General Election coming third and way behind the winner Andrew Tyrie. Statue of Thomas More on Cheyne Walk. ... A Constituency Labour Party (CLP) is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party who live in a particular parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales. ... Chichester is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom general election of 7 June 2001 was dubbed as the quiet landslide by the media. ... Andrew Guy Tyrie (born 15 January 1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...


Ivor Caplin, the Labour MP for the very marginal Hove, retired and Celia Barlow was chosen to fight the seat. It was widely assumed that she would be defeated by Nicholas Boles, considered a rising star of the Conservative Party, but was elected at the 2005 General Election by just 420 votes. Despite her low majority, Celia Barlow became the first of the 2005 new MPs to make her maiden speech in the House of Commons. Ivor Keith Caplin (born 8th November 1958) is the Labour Member of Parliament for Hove and Portslade. ... Hove is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Nicholas Boles (b. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... 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. ... Type Lower House Speaker Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Leader Harriet Harman, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader Theresa May, (Conservative) since May 5, 2005 Members 659 Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Féin...


She is currently the Parliamentary Private Secretary Ian Pearson, the Minister of State for Climate Change. She is a member of the Environmental Audit and Procedure Select Committees


Personal life

Celia Barlow married the former BBC North America foreign correspondent and University of Hull-educated Yorkshireman Sam Jaffa in August 1988 in Bromsgrove. Her husband stood for the Eastleigh seat in 2001 as a Labour candidate. They have two sons (one born April 1992) and a daughter (born February 1995). They live in Hove. The Venn Building The University of Hull, also known as Hull University, is an English university located in Hull (or Kingston upon Hull), a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire. ... Eastleigh is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...


On 24th November 2007 at 2.04am local radio reported that Celia Barlow was arrested by Sussex Police in Brighton for drink driving.


External links

  • He website
  • MySpace
  • Brighton & Hove Labour Party
  • Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Celia Barlow MP
  • TheyWorkForYou.com - Celia Barlow MP
  • BBC Politics page
Preceded by
Ivor Caplin		 Member of Parliament for Hove
2005 – present		 Incumbent

  Results from FactBites:
 
Celia Barlow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (322 words)
Celia Anne Barlow (September 28, 1955) British politician and is the Labour Member of Parliament for Hove.
Despite her low majority, Celia Barlow became the first of the 2005 new MPs to make her maiden speech in the House of Commons.
Celia Barlow is married to Sam Jaffa and they have two sons and a daughter.
Email from Celia Barlow MP - Celia Barlow, Hove - HearFromYourMP.com (1412 words)
In her question, Celia Barlow MP said that Southern’s decision was particularly ironic in view of the Department of Transport’s decision to make the City of Brighton and Hove a “Cycling England Town”, with a total of £1.5m in funding for better cycling facilities over the next three years.
Celia Barlow praises Blatchington Mill’s top performance Celia Barlow MP has congratulated teachers and pupils of Blatchington Mill School in Hove on their recent success in the school league tables.
Celia Barlow had asked the Chancellor if he would make a statement on proposals for debt relief for poor countries to be discussed under Russia's Presidency of the G8 this year.
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