Julie Kirkbride
| Julie Kirkbride | |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
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In office 6 November 2003 – 8 December 2005 |
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| Leader |
Michael Howard David Cameron |
| Preceded by | John Whittingdale |
| Succeeded by | Hugo Swire |
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Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Roy Thomason |
| Succeeded by | Sajid Javid |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 June 1960 Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Andrew MacKay (married 1997) |
| Children | One son |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge |
Julie Kirkbride (born 5 June 1960) is a British former politician. She was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the Conservative stronghold of Bromsgrove from the 1997 to the 2010 general elections.
Kirkbride was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire. Her father was a lorry driver, who died when she was seven. Her mother was a secretary at Rowntree Mackintosh (now owned by Nestlé). She went to the Highlands School (now North Halifax Grammar School) in Illingworth, Halifax. She studied at Girton College, Cambridge from 1978–81, receiving a MA in Economics and History, and serving as vice-president of the Cambridge Union Society in 1981. From 1981–2, she worked as a journalist for the Parliamentary Weekly House Magazine. She went to the Graduate School of Journalism of the University of California Berkeley from 1982–3. She was a researcher for Yorkshire Television from 1983–6, a producer for BBC News and Current Affairs from 1986–9, then worked as a producer at the ITN Parliamentary Unit from 1989–92. She was the political correspondent of The Daily Telegraph from 1992–6 and social affairs editor of The Sunday Telegraph from 1996 until 1997.
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