Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, PC (born 1952) is an English Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. She was briefly a member of the Cabinet. Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Jump to: navigation, search The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the British House of Lords. ... In the Politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body comprised of government officials chosen by the Prime Minister. ...

Estelle Morris was born to a strongly political family. Her uncle, Alf Morris, was Labour MP for Manchester Wythenshawe from 1964 and her father, Charles Morris, was Labour MP for Manchester Openshaw 1963-83. She is a graduate of the University of Warwick. She was a teacher at the inner-city Sidney Stringer school in Coventry and was a member of Warwick District Council from 1979 to 1991. Jump to: navigation, search The Rt. ... The University of Warwick is a campus university in the United Kingdom. ... The Precinct in Coventry city centre For alternative meanings see: Coventry (disambiguation) Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page refers to the year 1979. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Morris was elected to Parliament in 1992 for Birmingham Yardley She became a minister in the Department for Education and Employment in 1997 and was promoted to Secretary of State for Education and Skills in 2001. Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Categories: Stub | Birmingham, England ... Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Secretary of State for Education and Skills is the chief minister of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom government. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

She resigned her post in 2002, explaining that she did not feel 'up to the job'. She had made a commitment to the then Conservative Shadow Education Secretary, David Willetts to resign if the literacy and numeracy targets were not met. Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Willetts David Lindsay Willetts (born March 9, 1956) is the Conservative member of Parliament for Havant, in the United Kingdom. ...

"Mr. Willetts: Will the Minister commit herself to the Secretary of State's pledge to resign if the Government do not reach their literacy and numeracy targets by 2002?

Ms Morris: Of course I will; I have already done so." (Hansard - 2 Mar 1999 : Column 948)

Not all the targets were met and she made the decision to resign. The specific reason for her resignation was obscured at the time.

She rejoined the government in 2003 as Minister for the Arts in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and caused further comment when she admitted that she did not know much about contemporary art. She stepped down as a Member of Parliament, and so as a minister, at the 2005 general election. Jump to: navigation, search 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (sometimes abbreviated DCMS) is a department of the British government. ... 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. ... Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ...

In April 2005 it was announced that she will become the pro vice-chancellor of the University of Sunderland. On 13 May 2005 it was announced that she would be created a life peer, and the title was created as Baroness Morris of Yardley, of Yardley in the County of West Midlands, on 15 June 2005.[1] Jump to: navigation, search 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Sunderland is located in the City of Sunderland in North East England. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... Jump to: navigation, search June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Estelle Morris
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Estelle Morris MP