Roberta Blackman-Woods
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Roberta Blackman-Woods MP |
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Member of Parliament for City of Durham |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Gerry Steinberg |
| Majority | 11,439 (25.0%) |
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Roberta Carol Woods 16 August 1957 Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Ulster |
| Profession | Academic |
| Website |
roberta.org.uk parliament..roberta-blackman-woods |
Roberta Blackman-Woods (born Roberta Carol Woods; 16 August 1957) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham since 2005.
Blackman-Woods is from Northern Ireland and was educated at the University of Ulster, graduating with a BSc degree and later a PhD in Social Science. Following this she was employed as a welfare rights officer for Newcastle City Council, before going on to pursue a career in academia.
As a sociologist with expertise in housing, she served as Professor of Social Policy and an Associate Dean in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Northumbria prior to her election, and had previously been Dean of Social and Labour studies at Ruskin College, Oxford and head of policy at the Local Government Information Unit. Blackman-Woods had previously been Chair of the City of Durham Constituency Labour Party and before that in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend. She has also served as a Councillor on Oxford and Newcastle City Councils.
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