Beverley Hughes
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Hughes of Stretford PC |
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| Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families | |
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In office 5 May 2005 – 5 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Maria Eagle (Undersecretary of State for Children and Families) |
| Succeeded by | Dawn Primarolo |
| Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Counterterrorism | |
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In office 29 May 2002 – 1 April 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Lord Rooker (Asylum and Immigration) |
| Succeeded by | Des Browne |
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Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Kate Green |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 March 1950 Ellesmere Port, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Thomas McDonald |
| Alma mater |
University of Manchester University of Liverpool |
| Website | Official website |
Beverley June Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford PC (born 30 March 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston from 1997 to 2010. In 2004, she was appointed to the Privy Council. From 2005 to 2009, she served in the Government as the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families.
Beverley Hughes was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire in 1950 and was educated at Ellesmere Port Girls' Grammar School (now called The Whitby High School) on Sycamore Drive in Whitby, Ellesmere Port. She moved to Flixton in 1976, and has lived there ever since.
Hughes studied for a BSc in Social Science at the University of Manchester, graduating in 1971. After graduation she continued her studies at the University of Manchester, carrying out postgraduate research into the care of people with schizophrenia, for which she was awarded a Master of Science degree in 1978. She also gained a Diploma in Applied Social Studies in 1974 from the University of Liverpool. She worked as a probation officer in Merseyside from 1971-6.
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