Gwyneth Dunwoody
Member of Parliament
for Crewe and Nantwich
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Gwyneth Dunwoody Member of Parliament for Crewe and Nantwich |
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Biography
Gwyneth
Dunwoody was born in Fulham in 1930, long before the
area became fashionable. Her family has always been
political - both of her grandmothers were
suffragettes, her father, Morgan Phillips became the
General Secretary of the Labour Party, and her
mother served as a minister in the House of Lords
before being made the Lord Lieutenant of London. She
is the mother of a daughter and two sons, and has
ten grandchildren.
She
lost her seat in 1970 and spent the next four years
as Director of the Film Production Association of
Great Britain. She has been the Member of Parliament
for Crewe and Nantwich
from 1974 to present.
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Also, she was a member of the European Parliament from 1974 -1979. Gwyneth has, at various times, been a front bench Opposition Spokesman on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the National Health System and Transport. She is a former chair of the Labour Party Communications Committee. She is now the Chair of the Select Committee on Transport.
When time permits she enjoys opera and theatre. She also has a collection of teddy bears and, in January 1998, attempted to secure the return of Winnie the Pooh and his fellow stuffed toys from their display case in New York Public Library.
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| Born: | 12th December 1930 | |
| Family: | Divorced. Two sons, one daughter | |
| Education: | Fulham County Secondary School | |
| Non-political career: | Director, Film Producer's Association Consultant, Association of Independent Cinema's (1970 - 75) | |
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Political career: |
Councillor, Totnes Borough Council
(1963 - 66)
Member of
European
Parliament
(1974 - 79)
Member of Parliament for Exeter
(1966 - 70)
Member
of Parliament
for Crewe
(1974 - 83)
Member of
Parliament
for Crewe and Nantwich
(1983 - present)
Opposition Spokesman on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
(1979 - 80)
Opposition Spokesman on Campaigning
and Information
(1983 - 84)
Opposition Spokesman on Transport
(1979 - 83)
Chair of the Select Committee on Transport (1997 - present)
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