Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 0956
hughesb@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
MP for Stretford and Urmston 1997-2010
Parliamentary career
PPS to Hilary Armstrong as Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) 1998-99;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DETR 1999-2001;
Home Office 2001-04:
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 2001-02,
Minister of State 2002-04:
(for Citizenship, Immigration and Community Cohesion 2002-03,
(Citizenship, Immigration and Counter Terrorism 2003-04);
Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills/Children, Schools and Families 2005-09 (Children, Young People and Families 2005-07, Children and Youth Justice 2007-09) (attending cabinet 2008-09);
Minister for the North West 2007-09
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for Education 2011-
Select committees
Member: Home Affairs 1997-98
Councils, public bodies
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council:
Councillor 1986-97,
Labour Group Leader 1992-97,
Council Leader 1995-97;
Director:
Trafford Park Development Corporation 1992-97,
Manchester Airport plc 1995-97
Political interests
Economic regeneration, investment, local and regional government, health and community care, families, regional development, education, criminal justice, child protection and safety
Countries of interest
Commonwealth countries, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Hughes of Stretford, of Ellesmere Port in the County of Cheshire 2010
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Strategic Policy Adviser, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce (part-time)
Occasional Chair of Conferences for GovNet Communications Ltd
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, Lowry Theatre Company