Baroness Smith of Basildon
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Smith of Basildon PC |
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| Shadow Leader of the House of Lords | |
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Assumed office 27 May 2015 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman (Acting) Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon |
| Shadow Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords | |
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In office 16 May 2012 – 28 May 2015 Served with The Lord Tunnicliffe |
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| Leader |
Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | The Lord Tunnicliffe |
| Succeeded by | The Lord McAvoy |
| Minister of State for Third Sector | |
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In office 8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Kevin Brennan |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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In office 27 June 2007 – 8 June 2009 Served with Ian Austin |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Keith Hill |
| Succeeded by | Anne Snelgrove |
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Member of Parliament for Basildon |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | David Amess |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Metcalfe |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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Assumed office 7 July 2010 Life Peerage |
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| Personal details | |
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Angela Evans 7 January 1959 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Spouse(s) | Nigel Smith |
| Alma mater | Leicester Polytechnic |
Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, PC (born 7 January 1959) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 until losing her seat to the Conservatives at the 2010 General Election.
Smith was a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office, incorporating the offices of Minister for the Third Sector and Minister for Social Exclusion. She was created a Life Peeress in 2010 and became Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords in May 2015.
Smith attended Pitsea Junior School and Chalvedon Comprehensive (later Chalvedon School) in Basildon, before reading Public Administration at Leicester Polytechnic, where she graduated as BA. In 1978, she married Nigel Smith, who has written a number of history books for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.
From 1982 to 1983, Smith was a trainee accountant with the London Borough of Newham. She then worked for the League Against Cruel Sports from 1983 to 1995, becoming the head of Political and Public Relations. She was a political researcher from 1995 to 1997.
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