- Barbara Roche
Barbara Maureen Roche, née Margolis (born 13 April 1954) was a Labour politician in the
United Kingdom .She was educated at the
Jews Free School ,Camden Town (where she was Head Girl) andLady Margaret Hall, Oxford where she achieved a Bachelor of Arts. She trained to be a barrister and wascalled to the bar at theMiddle Temple , 1977.She was the Labour
member of Parliament for the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency from 1992 until losing the seat at the 2005 general election, despite a 1997 majority of 20,500, and a 2001 majority of over 10,500. She had previously contested the seat in 1987 general election and before that was the Labour candidate in the South West Surrey by-election in 1984.She held several ministerial offices:
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State ,Department of Trade and Industry , 1997-1998;Financial Secretary to the Treasury , 1999;Minister of State ,Home Office , 1999-2001;Cabinet Office , 2001-2002;Office of the Deputy Prime Minister , 2002-2003.She is an avid theatre-goer and reader of
detective fiction . She recently attempted to re-enter the Commons, running for the Labour party nomination in the safe Labour seat of Stockton North, but despite being on the final shortlist, she was not selected.External links
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?pid=10508 They Work For You - Barbara Roche]
* [http://www.barbararoche.org.uk Barbara Roche]
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