Diana Mary Organ

Diana Mary Organ (born 21 February 1952) is a British politician.

Early life

Her father was Finance Controller of GKN. She went to the independent Edgbaston Church of England College for Girls on "Calthorpe Road" in Edgbaston, Birmingham (became the co-ed St. Georges School, Birmingham in 1999). At (then all female) St Hugh's College, Oxford, she gained a BA in Geography in 1973. At the School of Education at the University of Bath, she gained a PGCE in 1974. From Bristol Polytechnic in 1981, she gained a Diploma in Special Education.

From 1974-77, she was an assistant special needs teacher. She was deputy head of St Germans primary school near Saltash, Cornwall from 1977-9. From 1979-82, she was Head of a Special Needs Unit in Somerset. She worked on supply in special schools in Somerset from 1982-8. She was an assistant English teacher in Somerset from 1988-92. She worked as a political researcher for Oxfordshire County Council from 1992-5.

Parliamentary career

She first contested Forest of Dean in 1992. She was Labour Party Member of Parliament for the Forest of Dean from the 1997 election until she stepped down at the 2005 election, citing changing family circumstances.

Personal life

She married Richard in 1975. They have two daughters.

External links

* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/diana_organ/forest_of_dean They Work For You]
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-3991,00.html Ask Aristotle]