Helen Southworth
| Helen Southworth | |
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Member of Parliament for Warrington South |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Hall |
| Succeeded by | David Mowat |
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13 November 1956 Preston, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Edmund Southworth |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Helen Mary Southworth (born 13 November 1956) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She is the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Warrington South, and was first elected at the 1997 general election. She retained the Warrington South seat at the 2001 and 2005 general elections, each time with a reduced majority. On 15 June 2009, she announced that she would be retiring at the next general election. The seat that she vacated was subsequently won for the Conservative Party by David Mowat. She was the only person to have won successive elections in the constituency until her successor, Conservative David Mowat, won the 2015 General Election with an increased majority.
Born in Preston, Southworth was educated at the former Larkhill Convent Grammar School (now called Cardinal Newman College, a sixth form college) on Larkhill Road in Frenchwood, Preston. In 1978, she graduated with a BA in English literature from Lancaster University.
Before entering Parliament, Southworth was a councillor on St Helens Borough Council, on which she became chairperson of the Leisure Committee. She unsuccessfully contested the Wirral South constituency at the 1992 General Election. She was a Director at Age Concern in St Helens.
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