Claire Curtis-Thomas
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | |
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| Member of Parliament for Crosby |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Malcolm Thornton |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 April 1958 Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Lewis Jakub |
| Alma mater | Cardiff University, Aston University, Staffordshire University |
Claire Curtis-Thomas (born 30 April 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crosby from 1997 to 2010.
Born in Africa, she was educated at the Anguis (since September 2001 known as Daniel James Community School after merging with the Penlan Boys School) on Heol Ddu, Treboeth, Swansea, and studied at University College, Cardiff where she was awarded a BSc degree in mechanical engineering, and at Aston University, where she obtained a MBA. She was awarded an honorary PhD in Technology in 1999.
She became a researcher at University College of Wales in Cardiff in 1984, before joining Shell Chemicals, initially as a site mechanical engineer, moving internally in 1988 as the Head of UK Supply and Distribution, and after 1990 was head of environmental strategy until leaving Shell in 1992. She became research head and development laboratory at with the Birmingham City Council in 1992, before moving internally to be the strategy and business planning head in 1993, leaving the council in 1995. In 1996 she was appointed as a Business and Engineering Dean at the University of Wales, Newport, and remained there until the following year, when she was elected to Westminster. She was elected as a councillor to the Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council in 1995, stepping down in 1997. Also in 1995, she was elected the secretary of the Eddisbury Constituency Labour Party.
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