Geraldine Smith
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Geraldine Smith MP
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Member of Parliament
for Morecambe and Lunesdale |
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| Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Lennox-Boyd |
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| Majority | 4,768 (48.8%) [1] |
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| Born | 29 August 1961 Belfast |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
Maria Geraldine Smith, known as Geraldine Smith, (born 29 August 1961, Belfast) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She has been Labour Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale since 1997.
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[edit] Early life
She is former pupil of Morecambe High School on Dallam Avenue and Lancaster and Morecambe College on Morecambe Road in Lancaster, where she gained a Diploma in Business Studies. Her first campaign was supported by the Communication Workers Union, for whom she was formerly an officer. Prior to becoming an MP she was a Lancaster City Councillor and worked for the Royal Mail from 1980-97.
[edit] Parliamentary career
After the Labour Party's poor showing in the local government elections of 4 May 2006 she was linked to a campaign [2] on a timetable for Tony Blair's departure as Prime Minister and also expressed a preference for Gordon Brown to succeed him. She also found "outrageous" the survival of John Prescott as a government minister following the reshuffle.[3]. For this criticism of the Deputy Prime Minister's behavior, as well as for her defence of the Chinese Cockle Pickers rights in her Morecambe constituency, the right-wing critic Richard Littlejohn described her as a "heroic MP" on the BBC's Question Time programme on 4 May 2006. She has said that she believes William Hague will be the next Conservative Prime Minister rather than David Cameron [4]. Smith is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Flag Group [1]
[edit] Personal life
Geraldine Smith is the Patron of the Morecambe Bay National Osteoporosis Society Support Group.
Geraldine Smith is the President of 455 (Morecambe and Heysham) Squadron Air Training Corps a youth organisation sponsored by the Royal Air Force for local youth between the ages of 13 and 18 giving them opportunities to learn new skills and support their local community.
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[edit] External links
- The Labour Party - Geraldine Smith MP official biography
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Geraldine Smith MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Geraldine Smith MP
- BBC Politics page
[edit] News items
- Her views on Prescott in May 2006
- Safeguarding the Bittern in August 2005
- European money for Morecambe in June 2004
- Wanting a tribute to Thora Hird in March 2003
[edit] Audio clips
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| Preceded by Mark Lennox-Boyd |
Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale 1997 – present |
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