Ann Coffey MP |
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Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
In office 28 June 2007 – 11 May 2010 |
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Chancellor | Alistair Darling |
Preceded by | Ann Keen |
Succeeded by | Greg Hands |
Member of Parliament for |
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Assumed office 9 April 1992 |
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Preceded by | Anthony Favell |
Majority | 10,061 (25.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Margaret Ann Brown 31 August 1946 Inverness, Invernessshire, Scotland, UK |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
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Children | 1 |
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Margaret Ann Coffey (née Brown; born 31 August 1946) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for since 1992.
Born as Margaret Ann Brown, the daughter of a Royal Air Force officer, in Inverness, she attended Nairn Academy; Bodmin County Grammar School (closed in 1973); Bushey Grammar School and the Polytechnic of South Bank, London, where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology in 1967, and was elected vice president of the students' union).
She attended Walsall College of Education where she was awarded a PGCE in 1971 and qualified as a teacher; and the University of Manchester where she completed her Master of Science in psychiatric social work at the School of Medicine.
She began her career as a trainee social worker with the Walsall Social Services in 1971. In 1972 she became a social worker with the Birmingham City Council, moving to Gwynedd County Council in 1973 and the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton in 1974, then to the in 1975, moving once more in 1982 to the Cheshire County Council. In 1988 she became the fostering team leader with the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham until her election to parliament. Ann also resides in Stockport.