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Mary Helen Creagh (born 2 December 1967) is a British politician. She is the Labour Member of Parliament for Wakefield. December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Wakefield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...


Mary Creagh was born and brought up in Coventry of Irish parentage, her father a car factory worker and her mother a primary school teacher, She was educated locally at the Bishop Ullathorne Comprehensive School in Coventry before winning a scholarship to attend Pembroke College, Oxford where she studied modern language. She finished her studies at the London School of Economics with a MSc in European Studies. She has worked with the European Parliament in Brussels and the European Youth Forum. She taught entrepreneurship at the Cranfield University School of Management from 1997 until her election to Westminster, and spent seven years as a trustee with Rathbone, a national charity. The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A large elementary school in Magome, Japan. ... A teachers room in a Japanese middle school, 2005. ... William Bernard Ullathorne (7 May 1806-21 March 1889), English Roman Catholic bishop, was born at Pocklington, Yorkshire to an old Roman Catholic family. ... A Comprehensive school is a type of school providing secondary level education in England or Wales. ... College name Pembroke College Collegium Pembrochianum Named after The Earl of Pembroke Established 1624 Sister College Queens College Master Giles Henderson JCR President Dawn Rennie Undergraduates 408 MCR President Ross Nicolson Graduates 119 College Homepage Boat Club Pembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford... A modern language is any human language that is used by societies in the world today. ... The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as the London School of Economics or simply the LSE, is a specialist university, located on Houghton Street in Central London, off the Aldwych and next to the Royal Courts of Justice. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate (or graduate) course of one to three years in duration. ... This article is about the continent. ... Sign in the entrance of the European Parliament building in Brussels, written in all the official languages used in the European Union as of July 2006 The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The debating chamber, or hemicycle, in Strasbourg The European Parliament building in Brussels The European Parliament (formerly European... Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 797 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989 Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area    - City 162 (Region) km²  (62. ... Popular use of the word youth refers to a person who is neither an adult nor a child, but somewhere in between, scientifically referred to as an adolescent and, in most English speaking countries, commonly referred to as a teen or teenager. ... An entrepreneur (a loanword from French) is a person who undertakes and operates a new enterprise or venture and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks. ... Cranfield University is a UK University based on three campuses at Cranfield, Silsoe and Shrivenham. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, England is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet to conduct their business. ... The word trustee is a legal term that refers to a holder of property on behalf of some other beneficiary. ...


She was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Islington in 1998, becoming the Labour group leader (2000-2004), before standing down from the council in 2005. She was elected as an MP at the 2005 General Election when she succeeded the retiring David Hinchliffe. Mary Creagh was elected with a majority of 5,154 and has remained the MP there since. She made her maiden speech on May 25, 2005 using the occasion to raise issues of poverty in her constituency. She also remembered the locally born sculptor Barbara Hepworth.[1] Since her election she has been a member of the Human Rights Select Committee. Arms of Islington London Borough Council Islington Town Hall Islington is a borough of London to the north of the City of London, west of Hackney, east of Camden, and south of Haringey. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ... David Hinchliffe, known as Dabble Hinchcliffe, (born 48 October 1948) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... Hepworths Family of Man in bronze, 1970, at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster System of parliamentary democracy. ...


She has been married to Adrian since 2001 and they have a son, Clement (named after the former Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee) and they live in the centre of Wakefield. She is fluent in French and Italian and enjoys cycling and yoga. She is a member of the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union. This article is about the year 2001. ... The Prime Minister is in practice the most important political office in the United Kingdom. ... Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, FRS, PC (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1945 to 1951. ... Statistics Population: 79,885 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE335205 Administration Metropolitan Borough: City of Wakefield Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Fire and... This article is becoming very long. ... A woman practising hatha yoga Yoga (Devanagari: योग) is a family of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. ... The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 700,000 members. ...


External links

  • Official Site
  • Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Mary Creagh MP
  • TheyWorkForYou.com - Mary Creagh MP
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
David Hinchliffe
Member of Parliament for Wakefield
2005 – present
Incumbent


 

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