Margaret Moran (born on April 24, 1955, in London) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South, and is a member of the Labour Party. Before her election in 1997 she had been a councillor and leader of the London Borough of Lewisham Council. April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Luton South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... now. ...
Following the 2001 election she was promoted to the position of government whip, being attached to the Department of Work and Pensions. She was reelected for a third term as an MP in the 2005 election, with a reduced majority. There had been significant opposition among Luton's large Muslim population to her support for the Iraq war. Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Department for Work and Pensions is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ...
In the reshuffle that followed the election, she returned to the backbenches. She may face a Parliamentary investigation over whether she breached House of Commons rules in a dispute over access right near her holiday home in Spain.[1] The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
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Margaret Moran official site
Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Margaret Moran MP
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