biography
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1952– )
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| biography:
| British stateswoman, born in Manchester, Greater Manchester, NW England, UK. She studied at Coventry College of Education and Warwick University, and took up a teaching post at a comprehensive school in Coventry (1974–92). Elected Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley in 1992, she became minister of state for the Department for Education and Employment (1997–8), minister for school standards (1997–2001), and secretary of state for education and skills (2001–2). |
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