Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4407
Fax: 020 7219 1277
caroline.flint.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
Meteor House, First Avenue, Auckley, Doncaster, DN9 3GA
Tel: 01302 623330
Fax: 01302 775099
Biography
Electoral history
Member for Don Valley 1997-2010, for Don Valley (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Joint PPS to Ministers of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1999-2001;
PPS:
to Peter Hain as Minister of State:
Department of Trade and Industry 2001,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2001-02,
to John Reid:
as Minister without Portfolio and Party Chair 2002-03,
as Leader of the House of Commons and President of the Council 2003;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (PUSS), Home Office 2003-05;
Department of Health 2005-07:
PUSS (Public Health) 2005-06,
Minister of State (MoS) (Public Health) 2006-07;
MoS, Department for Work and Pensions (Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform) 2007-08;
Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber 2007-08;
Minister for Housing and Planning (attending Cabinet), Department for Communities and Local Government 2008;
MoS, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Europe) 2008-09;
Shadow Secretary of State for:
Communities and Local Government 2010-11,
Energy and Climate Change 2011-
Party groups
National Women's Officer, Labour Students 1983-85;
Executive Member, Labour Co-ordinating Committee 1984-85;
Chair, Brentford and Isleworth Constituency Labour Party 1991-95;
Branch Chair, Branch Secretary and GC Delegate;
Facilitator, Labour National Policy Forums 1994-97;
Associate Editor, Renewal 1995-2000;
Labour Party adviser to Police Federation of England and Wales 1999;
Member, Trade Union Group of Labour MPs
Select committees
Member: Education and Employment 1997-99,
Education and Employment (Education Sub-Committee) 1997-99,
Administration 2001-05,
Modernisation of the House of Commons 2003
International bodies
Member:
Inter-Parliamentary Union 1997-,
British American Parliamentary Group 1997-
Political interests
Employment, education and training, childcare, welfare to work, family friendly employment, crime, anti-social behaviour, House of Commons modernisation, education
General Election 2010 - Don Valley
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Flint, Caroline |
Lab |
16472 |
37.82% |
| Stephens, Matt |
Con |
12877 |
29.57% |
| Simpson, Edwin |
Lib Dem |
7422 |
17.04% |
| Toseland, Erwin |
BNP |
2112 |
4.85% |
| Shaw, William |
UKIP |
1904 |
4.38% |
| Aston, Bernie |
Eng Dem |
1756 |
4.04% |
| Williams, Martin |
Ind |
887 |
2.04% |
| Result |
Lab Hold (10.65% from Lab to Con) |