Dawn Primarolo
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Primarolo DBE PC |
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| Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means | |
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In office 9 June 2010 – 8 May 2015 |
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| Speaker | John Bercow |
| Preceded by | Michael Lord |
| Succeeded by | Natascha Engel |
| Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families | |
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In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Beverley Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Teather (Children and Families) |
| Minister of State for Public Health | |
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In office 29 June 2007 – 5 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Caroline Flint |
| Succeeded by | Gillian Merron |
| Paymaster General | |
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In office 4 January 1999 – 28 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Tessa Jowell |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 4 January 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Michael Jack |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Roche |
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Member of Parliament for Bristol South |
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In office 11 June 1987 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Cocks |
| Succeeded by | Karin Smyth |
| Personal details | |
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2 May 1954 London, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Ian Ducat |
| Alma mater |
University of the West of England University of Bristol |
Dawn Primarolo, Baroness Primarolo, DBE, PC (born 2 May 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South from 1987 until 2015, when she stood down. She was Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families at the Department for Children, Schools and Families from June 2009 to May 2010 and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 2010. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for political service. She was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.
Born in London, Primarolo was raised in Crawley, West Sussex, where she attended Thomas Bennett comprehensive school. She then studied at Bristol Polytechnic as a bookkeeper and legal secretary. Returning to London, in 1973 she joined the Labour Party whilst employed as a legal secretary in an east London Law Centre.
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