Joan Humble
Joan Humble | |
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Constituency established | |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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| Born | Jovanka Piplica 3 March 1951 Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Paul Humble |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University |
Joan Humble[1] (born Jovanka Piplica; 3 March 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackpool North and Fleetwood from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
Humble's first job was working in a
civil servant in the Department of Health and Social Security from 1972, before moving to the Inland Revenue in 1973. She left the civil service in 1977 to raise her two daughters. She served as a school governor for fifteen years from 1982. In 1985, she was elected as a councillor to Lancashire County Council where she served until her election to Parliament.[citation needed
]
Parliamentary career
She was elected at the
Work and Pensions
. She was the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Childcare, Social Care, Myodil & Army Deaths.
Although selected as the Labour Party candidate to contest the new constituency of Blackpool North and Cleveleys at the 2010 general election, Humble announced on 27 February 2010 that she would stand down at the election. At the election, the Conservative Paul Maynard won the seat on a 6.9% swing.
Personal life
She married Paul Humble in 1972 in Halifax. She is a Christian socialist.
References
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- ^ My first job - Joan Humble MP, archived from the original on 12 December 2021, retrieved 20 March 2021
External links
- Joan Humble MP
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Joan Humble MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Joan Humble MP