Estelle Morris

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Birmingham Yardley
In office
9 April 1992 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byDavid Bevan
Succeeded byJohn Hemming
Personal details
Born
Estelle Morris

(1952-06-17) 17 June 1952 (age 71)
Manchester, England
Political partyLabour
ParentCharles Morris (father)
RelativesAlf Morris (uncle)
Alma materCoventry College of Education

Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley,

Birmingham Yardley
from 1992 to 2005.

Early life

Morris was born in

Manchester Openshaw (1963–1983) and a Post Office union official who married Pauline Dunn. She attended Rack House primary school in Wythenshawe and Whalley Range High School in Whalley Range where she failed her English and French A-levels.[1]

She is a graduate of the

Warwick District Council
from 1979 to 1991.

Parliamentary career

Morris was elected to Parliament in 1992 for

Secretary of State for Education and Skills in 2001. She was the first former comprehensive school teacher to have the position. She suddenly resigned her post in October 2002, explaining that she did not feel up to the job. She had made a commitment to the then Conservative Shadow Education Secretary, David Willetts to resign if the literacy and numeracy targets were not met.[4]
In interviews following her resignation she stated that she had felt happier and more effective as a junior education minister.

She rejoined the government in 2003 as

Minister for the Arts in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and caused further comment when she admitted that she did not know much about contemporary art. She stepped down from the government and as a Member of Parliament at the 2005 general election. Her constituency was gained by the Liberal Democrats
at that election.

On 13 May 2005 it was announced that she would be created a life peer,[5] and she was conferred as Baroness Morris of Yardley, of Yardley in the County of West Midlands, on 14 June 2005.[6]

Career outside Parliament

Between 2005 and 2009 she was pro vice-chancellor of the

Lady Kennedy of The Shaws as president of the National Children's Bureau.[7] Also, since September 2005 she has been a member of the council of Goldsmiths, University of London and she was chair of council until 2018.[8][9]
Since 2007 she has been chair of the executive group of the
Institute for Effective Education at the University of York.[10]

Morris is the chair of the medical charity, APS Support UK, for antiphospholipid syndrome[11] and was patron of Hanover Foundations.

Awards

In 2004, Morris was awarded an honorary

honorary fellowship in 2007 from the University of Cumbria.[17]

References

  1. ^ "BBC News | Education | School standards minister failed A levels". news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Obituary - News - TES". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  4. ^ (Hansard – 2 March 1999 : Column 948)
  5. guardian.co.uk
    . Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  6. ^ "No. 57677". The London Gazette. 17 June 2005. p. 7919.
  7. ^ "MMU - Honorary Awards". The Wayback machine. 15 October 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Council Minutes, 23 June 2005". Goldsmiths College. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Members of Council" (PDF). Goldsmiths College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Executive profiles". University of York. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Who is involved with APS Support UK". APS Support UK. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  12. Leeds Metropolitan University. Archived from the original
    on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  13. ^ "Degree honour for actress and MP". BBC News Online. 12 September 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  14. ^ "Honorary Graduations at the University of Bradford, July 2005". University of Bradford. 15 July 2005. Archived from the original on 23 September 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  15. ^ "A day to celebrate for hundreds of Chester graduates". University of Chester. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  16. ^ University, Manchester Metropolitan. "Honorary Graduates 2011 – 1970, Manchester Metropolitan University". Manchester Metropolitan University.
  17. ^ "2007 | University of Cumbria". www.cumbria.ac.uk.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Birmingham Yardley
1992–2005
 Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded byas Secretary of State for Education and Employment
Secretary of State for Education and Skills

2001–2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of State for the Arts

2003–2005 		Succeeded byas Minister of State for Culture
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