Hazel Blears
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The Right Honourable Hazel Blears |
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| Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | |
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In office 27 June 2007 – 5 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Ruth Kelly |
| Succeeded by | John Denham |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
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In office 5 May 2006 – 27 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Ian McCartney |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Warsi (2010) |
| Labour Party Chair | |
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In office 5 May 2006 – 24 June 2007 |
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| Leader | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Ian McCartney |
| Succeeded by | Harriet Harman |
| Minister of State for Policing | |
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In office 13 June 2003 – 5 May 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | John Denham |
| Succeeded by | Tony McNulty |
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Member of Parliament for Salford and Eccles Salford (1997–2010) |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Stanley Orme |
| Succeeded by | Rebecca Long-Bailey |
| Personal details | |
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14 May 1956 Salford, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Halsall |
| Alma mater |
Nottingham Trent University University of Law |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Hazel Anne Blears (born 14 May 1956) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford and Eccles from 2010 to 2015, when she stood down, and was previously the MP for Salford since 1997. She served in the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio and Labour Chair between 2006 and 2007, and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2007 to 2009, when she resigned. Commenting on the announcement, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that Blears had made an "outstanding contribution" to public life even after refusing to pay back expenses which were claimed in breach of Parliamentary rules.
Hazel Blears was born in Salford, Lancashire on 14 May 1956, the daughter of a maintenance fitter. As a young child, Hazel and her brother Stephen both played street urchins in the film A Taste of Honey which was filmed in Salford in 1961, when Blears was aged five.
Blears was educated at Worsley Wardley Grammar School in Wardley, Worsley and then Eccles College on Chatsworth Road in Ellesmere Park, Eccles. She went to Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham (now known as Nottingham Trent University), graduating with a BA (Hons) degree in Law, and later, the Chester College of Law in 1977.
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