Barbara Roche
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The Right Honourable Barbara Roche |
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| Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration | |
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In office 29 July 1999 – 11 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Rooker |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 4 January 1999 – 29 July 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Dawn Primarolo |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Timms |
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Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Rossi |
| Succeeded by | Lynne Featherstone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 April 1954 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
Barbara Maureen Roche (née Margolis, born 13 April 1954) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey and Wood Green from 1992 until 2005, when she lost the seat, despite having previously enjoyed a majority of over 20,000.
The daughter of Barnet and Hanna Margolis she was educated at the Jews Free School, Camden Town and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford where she read Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). She trained to be a barrister and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, 1977.
She first stood for Parliament in the 1984 Surrey South-West by-election, before standing in Hornsey and Wood Green in 1987.
First elected to Parliament in 1992, she saw her majority soar to 20,500 in 1997 (including polling 26,000 votes more than the Liberal Democrats' candidate, Lynne Featherstone, who eventually unseated her). However, by 2001 her majority had almost halved to 10,500, and in 2005 she unexpectedly lost her seat on a large 14.6% swing.
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