The Right HonourableJean Ann Corston, Baroness Corston, PC (born 5 May1942) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... The Labour Party is a centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...
Corston was Member of Parliament for Bristol East from 1992 to 2005. Until stepping down at the 2005 general election, she was chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, the first woman ever to hold that position. 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. ... Bristol East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... The Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) consists of the Labour Party in Parliament: Labour MPs as a collective body. ...
On 13 May2005 it was announced that she would be created a life peer, and on 29 June2005 she was created Baroness Corston, of St George in the County and City of Bristol. May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... 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). ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
Her partner is Peter Townsend, the social economist. Peter Townsend, is presently Professor at the London School of Economics. ...
On 13 May2005 it was announced that she would be created a life peer, and on 29 June2005 she was created Baroness Corston, of St George in the County and City of Bristol.
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