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Angela Smith (politician, born 1961)

Angela Smith
MP
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office
7 October 2011 – 15 April 2014
Leader Ed Miliband
Preceded by Helen Jones
Succeeded by Thomas Docherty
Member of Parliament
for
Sheffield Hillsborough (2005–2010)
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded by Helen Jackson
Majority 6,723 (14.3%)
Personal details
Born (1961-08-16) 16 August 1961 (age 55)
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Steven Wilson
Children 1 stepdaughter
Alma mater University of Nottingham
Occupation English lecturer—Dearne Valley College
Profession English Lecturer
Website www.angelasmith-mp.org.uk

Angela Christine Smith (born 16 August 1961) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hillsborough from 2005 to 2010, when she was first elected to represent the new constituency of .

Smith grew up in Grimsby, where her grandfather had been the Mayor. She attended Waltham Leas Primary School, now The Leas Junior School in Waltham and Tollbar Secondary School, in New Waltham, Lincolnshire.

She joined the Labour Party at the age of 16 and worked for the NHS for five years, before taking A levels on an evening course. She studied English at the University of Nottingham in September 1987.

She began a PhD at Newnham College, Cambridge and was an English lecturer at Dearne Valley College in Wath upon Dearne from 1994 until 2003.

She was a councillor on Sheffield City Council for 8 years for the Birley and Broomhill wards.

At the 2005 general election Smith was elected Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hillsborough. In 2007 she was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary and chief aide to Yvette Cooper.


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