Roberta Blackman-Woods
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Roberta Carol Blackman-Woods (née Woods; 16 August 1957) is a British academic and former Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham from 2005 to 2019.
Quick Facts Shadow Minister for Planning, Leader ...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | |
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Shadow Minister for Planning | |
In office 12 January 2018 – 6 November 2019 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Shadow Minister for International Development | |
In office 3 July 2017 – 12 January 2018 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Imran Hussain |
Succeeded by | Dan Carden Preet Gill |
Shadow Minister for Housing | |
In office 18 September 2015 – 3 July 2017 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Melanie Onn |
Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government | |
In office 7 October 2011 – 18 September 2015 | |
Leader | Ed Miliband |
Shadow Minister for Civil Society | |
In office 8 October 2010 – 7 October 2011 | |
Leader | Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Nick Hurd (Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering) |
Succeeded by | Gareth Thomas |
Member of Parliament for City of Durham | |
In office 5 May 2005 – 6 November 2019 | |
Preceded by | Gerry Steinberg |
Succeeded by | Mary Foy |
Personal details | |
Born | Roberta Carol Woods (1957-08-16) 16 August 1957 (age 66) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Ulster |
Website | Official website[dead link] |
Academic background | |
Thesis | The state and community work in Northern Ireland 1966–1982 (1989) |
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