Candy Atherton
|
Candy Atherton MP |
|
|---|---|
|
Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne |
|
|
In office 1 May 1997 – 5 May 2005 |
|
| Preceded by | Sebastian Coe |
| Succeeded by | Julia Goldsworthy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 September 1955 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Polytechnic of North London |
| Occupation | Freelance journalist (feminism) |
| Profession | Politician |
Candice Kathleen Atherton (born 21 September 1955), known as Candy Atherton, is a British journalist and former politician. After serving as a councillor in Islington, where she was mayor, she was Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne from 1997 to 2005. In 2016, she lives in Cornwall and is member of its local Council.
She attended the independent Roman Catholic all-girls Convent of the Sacred Heart (now called Woldingham School) in Woldingham, Surrey, then Midhurst Grammar School in West Sussex. From the Polytechnic of North London (now London Metropolitan University), she graduated BA in Applied Social Studies in 1985.
Atherton worked as a journalist from 1980.
She also worked with ex-offenders, co-wrote a book on housing for single homeless people in north London, and co-founded a refuge for battered women in West Sussex. She chaired the Women's and Disability Committees of both Islington and the Association of London Labour Authorities.
In 1982, she led protests within the Labour Party and the CND movement against the Task Force sent to the Falkland Islands. In 1984, she co-founded Everywoman magazine - a "post-feminist" women's magazine.
...
Wikipedia