Margaret Patricia Munn (born 24 August 1959, Sheffield), is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament for Sheffield Heeley, and was first elected at the 2001 general election. August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other articles with similar names, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... Labour Co-operative describes those candidates in British elections standing on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party, based on a national agreement between the two parties. ... 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. ... Sheffield Heeley is a Parliamentary constituency covering south central Sheffield. ... 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. ...

In May 2005 Munn was appointed Deputy Minister for Women and Equality by Tony Blair in his third Labour government. Munn introduced Civil Partnerships in the UK in December 2005. She was responsible for the Equality Act 2006, and involved in the Work and Families Act 2006. Munn was not initially paid the extra salary given to ministers - legislations limits the number of paid government positions to 109, and Munn's post was the 110th - she did begin receiving a salary in May 2006. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in North East England. ...

She was elected President of the 2006 Co-operative Congress, and is currently vice-Chair of Progress; previously Chair of the Women's Committee of the Parliamentary Labour Party (2003-5), Chair of the Co-operative Group of MPs (2004-5), vice-Chair of Labour Friends of Israel, vice-Chair of the Labour Movement for Europe and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Voice group. Labour Friends of Israel is a Westminister based pro-Israel lobby group working within the UK Labour Party. ...

Munn was previously a Nottingham City Councillor. She was a social worker, latterly Assistant Director for Children's Services at City of York Council. Munn was on the regional board of one of the UK's largest co-operative societies, and the management committee of a national co-operative conference centre. Nottingham is a city (and county town of Nottinghamshire) in the East Midlands of England. ... A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... This article is about the English city. ...

Munn studied languages at University of York, later gaining an MA in Social Work at the University of Nottingham followed by a certificate and diploma in Management Studies from the Open University. She is fluent in German and French. Munn has been an active member of the Methodist Church for over 25 years. One of the leading universities in the UK, the University of York is a campus university in York, England. ... The University of Nottingham is a leading research and teaching university in the city of Nottingham, in the East Midlands of England. ... Affiliations EADTU, MSACS Website www. ... The Methodist Church of Great Britain or British Methodist Church is the largest Wesleyan / Methodist body in the United Kingdom, with congregations across Great Britain and the Isle of Man. ...

Publications: President's Address to the Co-operative Congress, Co-operatives UK (2006). Foreword to Diversity and the Economy, Tony Pilch The Smith Institute (2006). A chapter in Labour Looks to Israel, ed P.Richards, Labour Friends of Israel (2005). Co-edited Family Fortunes: the New Politics of Childhood, eds Patrick Diamond, Sunder Katwala & Meg Munn, Fabian Society (2004) Co-operatives UK (formally known simply as the Co-operative Union) is the peak co-operative union (that is a federation of co-operatives) in the United Kingdom. ... Labour Friends of Israel is a Westminister based pro-Israel lobby group working within the UK Labour Party. ... Patrick Diamond (Born 1975) is a British policy advisor, author and historian connected with the Labour Party. ... The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. ...

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External links

• official site
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Meg Munn MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Meg Munn MP