Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 6666
hodgem@parliament.uk
Constituency
102 North Street, Barking, IG11 8LA
Tel: 020 8594 1333
Fax: 020 8594 1131
margarethodge@hotmail.co.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Member for Barking 1994 by-election to 2010, for Barking (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment (Employment and Equal Opportunities) 1998-2001;
Minister of State:
Department for Education and Skills 2001-05:
(Lifelong Learning and Higher Education 2001-03, Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education 2003, Children, Young People and Families 2003-05),
Department for Work and Pensions (Employment and Welfare Reform) 2005-06,
Department of Trade and Industry (Industry and the Regions) 2006-07,
Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2007-08, 2009-10 (Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism 2007-08, Culture and Tourism 2009-10);
Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport 2010;
Member Public Accounts Commission 2010-
Party groups
Member, Labour Party Local Government Committee 1983-92;
Chair:
London Group of Labour MPs 1995-98,
Fabians 1997-98
Select committees
Member: Education and Employment 1996-97,
Deregulation 1996-97,
Liaison 1997-98, 2010-,
Chair: Education and Employment (Education Sub-Committee) 1997-98,
Public Accounts 2010-
Councils, public bodies
London Borough of Islington:
Councillor 1973-94,
Chair, Housing Committee 1975-79,
Leader 1982-92;
Chair, Association of London Authorities 1984-92;
Member, Home Office Advisory Committee on Race Relations 1988-92
Political interests
Education, local and regional government, housing, inner cities, democratic reform, London government
General Election 2010 - Barking
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Hodge, Margaret |
Lab |
24628 |
53.96% |
| Marcus, Simon |
Con |
8073 |
17.69% |
| Griffin, Nick |
BNP |
6620 |
14.51% |
| Carman, Dominic |
Lib Dem |
3719 |
8.15% |
| Maloney, Frank |
UKIP |
1300 |
2.85% |
| Hargreaves, George |
Christian |
482 |
1.06% |
| Forbes, Jayne |
Green |
317 |
0.7% |
| Dowling, Christopher |
Loony |
82 |
0.18% |
| Darwood, Thomas |
Ind |
77 |
0.17% |
| Sijuwola, Dapo |
Restoration |
45 |
0.1% |
| Result |
Lab Hold (1.61% from Con to Lab) |