Rachel Squire
Rachel Squire | |
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Member of Parliament for Dunfermline and West Fife Dunfermline West (1992–2005) | |
In office 9 April 1992 – 5 January 2006 | |
Preceded by | Dick Douglas |
Succeeded by | Willie Rennie |
Personal details | |
Born | Rachel Anne Squire 13 July 1954 Carshalton, Surrey, England |
Died | 5 January 2006 Saline, Fife, Scotland | (aged 51)
Political party | Labour |
Education | Godolphin and Latymer School |
Alma mater | |
Profession | Social worker |
Rachel Anne Squire (13 July 1954 – 5 January 2006) was a British
Background
Squire was born in
Member of Parliament
According to a profile on the BBC website, Rachel Squire was "one of the most committed and successful constituency advocates in Parliament".[3] She worked to get regeneration funds for her constituency, campaigned for the Rosyth Dockyard and secured funds to put off the closure of the Longannet coal mine.
In Parliament, Squire was a member of the Defence Select Committee and served as PPS to Education ministers Stephen Byers and Estelle Morris from 1997 to 2001.
Squire was a patron for Brain Tumour Action, a cancer charity. She was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1993, and a second one in 2003. On 2 June 2005, she was admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke, thought to have been caused by bleeding stemming from the second brain tumor. She did not recover, and died on 5 January 2006.[4]
Her death prompted the
References
- ^ a b "Rachel Squire". The Telegraph (Obituary). London. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ "Rachel Squire: Social worker who became the fair-minded and popular MP for Dunfermline West". The Independent (Obituary). 7 January 2006. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ "Rachel Squire". BBC News (Political Profile). 17 October 2002. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ "Labour MP dies after long illness". BBC News. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2011.