Margaret Beckett
Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 6662/5135/2088
Fax: 020 7219 4780
beckettm@parliament.uk
Constituency
No constituency office publicised
Tel: 01332 345636
Fax: 01332 371306
Biography
Electoral history
Contested (as Margaret Jackson) Lincoln February 1974 general election. Member for Lincoln October 1974-79. Contested Lincoln 1979 general election. Member (as Margaret Beckett) for Derby South 1983-2010, for Derby South (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to Judith Hart as Minister of Overseas Development 1974-75;
Assistant Government Whip 1975-76;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Education and Science 1976-79;
Shadow Minister, Social Security 1984-89;
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1989-92;
Shadow Leader, House of Commons 1992-94;
Deputy Leader, Labour Party and Opposition 1992-94;
Shadow Leader of Opposition May-July 1994;
Shadow Secretary of State for Health 1994-95;
Shadow President of the Board of Trade 1995-97;
President of the Board of Trade 1997-98;
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1997-98;
President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons 1998-2001;
Contested Speaker election 2000;
Secretary of State for:
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2001-06,
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Foreign Secretary) 2006-07;
Minister for Housing and Planning (attending Cabinet), Department for Communities and Local Government 2008-09;
Chair Intelligence and Security Committee 2008-10
Party groups
Member, Labour Party 1963-;
Secretary, Trades Council and Labour Party, Swinton and Pendlebury 1968-70;
Member:
National Executive Committee, Labour Party 1980-81, 1985-86, 1988-97, 2011-,
Tribune Group,
Socialist Education Committee,
Labour Women's Action Committee,
Socialist Environment and Resources Association
Select committees
Chair: Modernisation of the House of Commons 1998-2001,
Joint Committee on National Security Strategy 2010-
Councils, public bodies
Member, Committee on Standards in Public Life 2010-
Political interests
Industry
General Election 2010 - Derby South
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Beckett, Margaret |
Lab |
17851 |
43.09% |
| Perschke, Jack |
Con |
11729 |
28.31% |
| Batey, David |
Lib Dem |
8430 |
20.35% |
| Fowke, Steve |
UKIP |
1821 |
4.4% |
| Graves, Alan |
Ind |
1357 |
3.28% |
| Result |
Lab Hold (9.31% from Lab to Con) |