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| Joan Ruddock MP | |
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| Assumed office 8 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
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| Preceded by | Mike O'Brien |
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Member of Parliament
for Lewisham Deptford |
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| Assumed office 11 June 1987 |
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| Preceded by | John Silkin |
| Majority | 11,811 (38.9%) |
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| Born | 28 December 1943 Pontypool |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London |
Joan Mary Ruddock (née Anthony, born 28 December 1943, Pontypool), is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour Party Member of Parliament for Lewisham Deptford and was first elected in 1987. She is a feminist and is the partner of Frank Doran, the Labour MP for Aberdeen North. Ruddock is currently Minister of State for Energy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Ruddock was educated at Pontypool Girls grammar school and at Imperial College London. Prior to her election to Parliament, she was chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a UK pressure group; she resigned in 1985. During the government of Tony Blair, she briefly served as Minister for Women.
She returned to government when Gordon Brown appointed her Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Defra in June 2007 with responsibility for biodiversity, climate change adaptation, waste and domestic forestry. In October 2008 she was transferred to the newly created Department of Energy and Climate Change, continuing in her previous role. In the June 2009 reshuffle she was promoted to Minister of State level, with responsibility for energy policy.
She is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society, an Honorary Fellow of Goldsmiths College, an Honorary Fellow of Laban London and a member of the Board of Trinity Laban.[1]
References
- ^ http://www.joanruddock.org/index.php?id=13 About Joan - joanruddock.org
External links
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Joan Ruddock MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Joan Ruddock MP
- Joan Ruddock audio interview on Women's Parliamentary Radio discussing her job as Minister in charge of Climate Change, Waste and Recycling and Biodiversity in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| Preceded by Hugh Jenkins |
Chair of CND 1981–1985 |
Succeeded by Paul Johns |
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| Preceded by John Silkin |
Member of Parliament for Deptford 1987–present |
Incumbent |
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