Kate Green
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Kate Green OBE MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities | |
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In office 14 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Gloria De Piero |
| Succeeded by | Angela Rayner |
| Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Beverley Hughes |
| Majority | 11,685 (25.2%) |
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Katherine Anne Green 2 May 1960 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Duncan Mabb (1985–2006) |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Website | Official website |
Katherine Anne GreenOBE (born 2 May 1960) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston since 2010.
Green was born in Edinburgh, to Maurice and Jessie Craig Green. She attended Currie High School and Edinburgh University graduating with a Bachelor of Laws degree.
After University, Green began a career at Barclays Bank, working for the organisation from 1982 to 1997. From 1997 to 1999 she worked as a Whitehall and Industry Group secondee to the Home Office. Green was employed as Director of the National Council for One Parent Families between 2000 and 2004, then taking up the post of Chief Executive of the Child Poverty Action Group until 2009. Alongside this, Green also served as a member of the London Child Poverty Commission, eventually serving as the commissioner chairing the body. Green also served as a magistrate in the City of London between 1993 and 2009.
Green joined the Labour Party in 1990 and stood as the Labour Party candidate in the 1997 General Election for the Greater London constituency of Cities of London and Westminster. Failing to be elected in 1997, she then contested the 2000 London Assembly election in the West Central constituency though again was not elected. In 2009 Green was selected as the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Stretford and Urmston through an all-women shortlist following Beverley Hughes's announcement that she would not be seeking re-election. She was elected as Member of Parliament on 6 May 2010 securing 48.6% of the vote, increasing the majority Hughes gained in the 2005 general election.
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