Barbara Keeley
Barbara Keeley | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | |||||||
In office 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |||||||
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown | ||||||
Preceded by | Chris Bryant | ||||||
Succeeded by | David Heath | ||||||
| |||||||
Trafford Council for Priory | |||||||
In office 4 May 1995 – 10 June 2004 | |||||||
Preceded by | Edna Mitchell | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | 26 March 1952 | ||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||
Alma mater | University of Salford (BA) | ||||||
Website | barbarakeeley | ||||||
Barbara Mary Keeley[1] (born 26 March 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Worsley and Eccles South, previously Worsley, since 2005.[2]
A member of the
Early life
Keeley was educated at
Her early career was with IBM, first as a Systems Engineer and then as a Field Systems Engineering Manager. Later she became an independent consultant, working on community regeneration issues across North West England.
She was elected as a Labour councillor on
From 2002 to 2005, she worked as a consultant to the charity, the Princess Royal Trust for Carers, researching carers' issues — particularly those related to primary health care. She is co-author of the reports Carers Speak Out and Primary Carers.
Parliamentary career
In the House of Commons, Keeley served as a member of the Constitutional Affairs Select committee and from February 2006, the Finance and Services Committee. On 8 February 2006, she was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Cabinet Office, working with the Cabinet Office Minister, Jim Murphy MP. In June 2006, she moved to be PPS to Jim Murphy as Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions.
On 16 December 2006, she won the nomination to be the Labour Party candidate for the constituency of Worsley and Eccles South, following boundary changes affecting Worsley.
In 2007, she served as the Parliamentary Champion for Carers Week (11 – 17 June). She introduced a
In June 2007, Keeley was appointed as PPS to Harriet Harman as Secretary of State for Women and Equality and appointed by Gordon Brown to chair the Labour Party's manifesto group on Social Care. In October 2008 she became an Assistant Government Whip, and in June 2009 was promoted to Deputy Leader of the House of Commons. In June 2010, she was appointed as a member of the Shadow Health Team and as the Shadow Deputy Leader of the House.
She stood in the
Keeley endorsed
In June 2016, Keeley was among the dozens of shadow ministers who resigned from Corbyn's frontbench team following the
Following Labour's defeat in the
When Starmer was elected Labour leader in April 2020, Keeley left the Shadow Cabinet and returned to the backbenches.Keeley rejoined the frontbench in March 2022 when she was appointed
In the 2023 British shadow cabinet reshuffle she was appointed Shadow Minister for Music and Tourism.[13]
Views
In 2018, Keeley expressed concerned about a fall in the number of psychiatrists treating children and young people in England.[14]
In November 2018, Keeley criticised poor standards of care in many private care homes after an investigation by The Guardian found that elderly residents were being neglected. She stated, "This investigation has exposed the appalling standards of care being provided by some of the largest providers of outsourced residential care which has left large numbers of vulnerable people in need of care suffering terrible indignity and neglect."[15]
In December 2018, Keeley expressed concern about care workers having their wages docked when they are sick. She said: "Good care quality depends on workers with good terms and conditions, but in hollowing out our social care system through relentless cuts to council budgets, this government has empowered irresponsible providers that are driving down workers’ conditions and at the same time damaging the quality of care."[16]
Personal life
She is married to Colin Huggett.[17]
References
- ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8737.
- ^ "Barbara Keeley MP". www.tuc.org.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Meet our Shadow Cabinet". The Labour Party. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "Barbara Keeley". barbarakeeley.co.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ Williams, Jennifer (15 June 2015). "Andy Burnham backed by more Labour MPs than rivals in leadership race". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "Barbara appointed as Shadow Minister for Older People, Social Care and Carers". Labour Party. 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Barbara Keeley MP latest to resign from Shadow Cabinet". ITV News. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Barbara Keeley rejoins Corbyn's shadow cabinet". ITV News. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "Rolling list: MP/MEP nominations for Labour leadership candidates". LabourList. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "Rolling list: MP/MEP nominations for Labour deputy leadership candidates". LabourList. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ Keeley, Barbara [@KeeleyMP] (11 March 2022). "I'm delighted to be appointed Labour's Shadow Minister for the Arts & Civil Society. Enabling the power of charities, arts and culture to reach everyone is at the heart of Labour's vision for a more prosperous Britain. I look forward to working with the sectors to achieve this" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Belger, Tom (5 September 2023). "Labour reshuffle: Starmer unveils six new shadow ministers of state". LabourList. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Fall in number of NHS psychiatrists treating children in England". The Guardian. 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Companies running 'inadequate' UK care homes make £113m profit". The Guardian. 23 November 2018.
- ^ "British care company fines workers £50 for calling in sick". The Guardian. 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Meet the MP: Barbara Keeley". BBC News. 20 December 2005.
External links
- Official website
- Barbara Keeley on Twitter
- Barbara Keeley on Facebook
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Meet the MP
- BBC Politics Archived 26 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Appearances on C-SPAN