Marion Roe
Constituency Established | |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Charles Walker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1936 London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
James Kenneth Roe (m. 1958) |
Dame Marion Audrey Roe
Early life and career
She went to the independent Bromley High School for Girls in Bickley, then the independent Croydon High School. She studied at the English School of Languages in Vevey in Switzerland.[1]
Roe served on the Greater London Council, representing Ilford North.[2]
Parliamentary career
She unsuccessfully contested the
She stepped down at the 2005 general election.[3]
Later life
Following her retirement, Roe established the Dame Marion Roe Young Citizen of the Year award, part of the annual Broxbourne Youth Awards celebrating the achievements of young people from the borough of Broxbourne.[4]
In 2010 she became chair of the trustees of the National Benevolent Fund for the Aged, after the death of Winston Churchill (grandson of the former prime minister).[5]
She was interviewed in 2013 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history project.[6]
Personal life
She married James Kenneth Roe in 1958. They have a son and two daughters - one of whom, Philippa Roe, Baroness Couttie, was the Leader of Westminster City Council and was a member of the House of Lords as a Conservative from 2016 until her death in 2022.
References
- ^ a b "Vote 2001 | Candidates | Marion Roe". BBC News. 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
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- ^ ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ LM3 (2 April 2019). "Broxbourne Youth Awards 2019". ex.broxbourne.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Trustees and staff". web site. NBFA. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ "Marion Roe interviewed by Eleanor O'Keefe". British Library Sound Archive. Retrieved 26 January 2018.