Bridget Prentice

Bridget Prentice
Member of the Electoral Commission for the Labour Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 April 2014
Nominated by	Ed Miliband
Preceded by	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Member of Parliament for Lewisham East
In office 10 April 1992 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	Colin Moynihan
Succeeded by	Heidi Alexander
Personal details
Born	(1952-12-28) 28 December 1952 (age 64) Glasgow, United Kingdom
Nationality	Scottish
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Gordon Prentice (divorced)
Alma mater	University of Glasgow, University of London, South Bank Polytechnic
Profession	Teacher
Religion	Roman Catholic
Website	Bridget Prentice

Bridget Theresa Prentice (née Corr, born 28 December 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East from 1992 to 2010. She was married to fellow Labour MP Gordon Prentice from 1975 until their divorce in 2000.

Prentice was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1952. She attended Our Lady and St Francis School, the University of Glasgow (MA English Literature and Modern History 1973), University of London (PGCE 1974) and South Bank Polytechnic (LLB 1992).

After beginning her working life as the Rector's Assistant at Glasgow University (1972-3), she became a History and English teacher at the Roman Catholic London Oratory School in Fulham (1974–86) and later Head of Careers (1984-6) before switching to John Archer School in Wandsworth as Head of Careers between 1986-88.

Bridget Prentice was an unsuccessfully Parliamentary candidate in the 1987 general election when she stood for Croydon Central. She contested Lewisham East at the 1992 general election, a Conservative seat with a majority of 4,846 in the 1987 general election, taking it for Labour with a majority of 1,095, and increased the majority to 12,127 in the 1997 general election. In general elections since she has held the seat with reduced majorities of 9,003 in June 2001 and 6,751 in May 2005.

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