Patsy Calton
| Patsy Calton | |
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Member of Parliament for Cheadle |
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In office 7 June 2001 – 29 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen Day |
| Succeeded by | Mark Hunter |
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19 September 1948 Somerset |
| Died | 29 May 2005 (aged 56) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Clive Calton |
| Children | 2 daughters, 1 son |
| Alma mater | UMIST |
Patricia Calton (née Yeldon; 19 September 1948 – 29 May 2005) was a British politician, and was a Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Cheadle in Greater Manchester.
She was first elected at the 2001 general election, with a 33-vote majority over the sitting Conservative MP Stephen Day. She held her seat in the 2005 general election with a majority of 4,020 votes over Stephen Day, despite being too ill with cancer to campaign personally. She died less than four weeks later, although she was sworn in as an MP five days before her death. She also stood at the 1992 general election and the 1997 general election. She had previously been a deputy leader of .
Calton was born into a Royal Air Force family and as a result moved around frequently as a child. She began her schooling in Egypt while her father was posted there but most of her school days were spent at Wymondham College in Norfolk.
After her degree in biochemistry at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), she took a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of Manchester.
Either side of a career break while bringing up her family, she taught Chemistry in comprehensive schools in Greater Manchester and Cheshire. In June 2001 she left teaching for Parliament, her last school being Poynton High School, where she was head of Chemistry and head of Legh House.
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