Rachel Squire

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Rachel Squire
Member of Parliament
for Dunfermline and West Fife
Dunfermline West (1992–2005)
In office
9 April 1992 – 5 January 2006
Preceded byDick Douglas
Succeeded byWillie Rennie
Personal details
Born
Rachel Anne Squire

(1954-07-13)13 July 1954
Carshalton, Surrey, England
Died5 January 2006(2006-01-05) (aged 51)
Saline, Fife, Scotland
Political partyLabour
EducationGodolphin and Latymer School
Alma mater
ProfessionSocial worker

Rachel Anne Squire (13 July 1954 – 5 January 2006) was a British

Dunfermline and West Fife
from 2005 until her death after a long series of illnesses.

Background

Squire was born in

UNISON. Working for the union took her to Merseyside
and then to Scotland, where she became the union's education officer. She served on the Labour Scottish Executive Committee.

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

Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, held on 9 February 2006, in which her former seat was won by Willie Rennie for the Liberal Democrats
.

References

  1. ^ a b "Rachel Squire". The Telegraph (Obituary). London. 7 January 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Rachel Squire". BBC News (Political Profile). 17 October 2002. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Labour MP dies after long illness". BBC News. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2011.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dunfermline West
19922005
Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for
Dunfermline and West Fife
20052006
Succeeded by