Ann Cryer
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Ann Cryer JP |
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Member of Parliament for Keighley |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Gary Waller |
| Succeeded by | Kris Hopkins |
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14 December 1939 Lytham St Annes, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) |
Bob Cryer (m. 1963; wid. 1994) John Hammersley (m. 2003; wid. 2004) |
| Children | One son John Cryer, one daughter Jane Cryer, two stepchildren |
| Alma mater | Bolton Institute of Technology |
Constance Ann Cryer JP (born 14 December 1939) is a former British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Keighley from the 1997 general election up until she stood down at the 2010 general election.
Born Constance Place in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, she comes from a political family. Her father, Allen Place, was an activist in the Independent Labour Party, as was his mother, Dinah Place, a suffragette. She was educated at St John's Primary School in Darwen and Spring Bank Secondary Modern School in the same town, before attending the Bolton Institute of Technology.
She began her career as a clerk for Imperial Chemical Industries in 1955, moving to the General Post Office as a telephonist 1960 to 1964.
Cryer joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament when she was 18 and in 1961 became the youngest serving councillor in the country. She was selected as the prospective Labour candidate for the Keighley constituency, the seat her husband had held, from an all-women shortlist. She was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 general election, defeating the sitting Conservative MP Gary Waller by 7,132 votes. She made her maiden speech on 16 May 1997.
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