Beverley Hughes
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Hughes of Stretford PC | |
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| Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing and Crime | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 8 May 2017 | |
| Mayor | Andy Burnham |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families | |
In office 5 May 2005 – 5 June 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Maria Eagle (Undersecretary of State for Children and Families) |
| Succeeded by | Dawn Primarolo |
| Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Counterterrorism | |
In office 29 May 2002 – 1 April 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Lord Rooker (Asylum and Immigration) |
| Succeeded by | Des Browne |
Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston | |
In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Kate Green |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1950-03-30) 30 March 1950 Ellesmere Port, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Thomas McDonald |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester University of Liverpool |
| Website | Official website |
Beverley June Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford PC (born 30 March 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston from 1997 to 2010. In 2004, she was appointed to the Privy Council. From 2005 to 2009, she served in the Government as the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families.[1]
On 6 May 2017, Hughes was appointed as Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime by Greater Manchester Combined Authority Mayor, and former Shadow Home Secretary, Andy Burnham.
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Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Political career
3 Personal life
4 References
5 External links
5.1 News items
Early life and education[edit]
Beverley Hughes was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire in 1950 and was educated at Ellesmere Port Girls' Grammar School (now called The Whitby High School) on Sycamore Drive in Whitby, Ellesmere Port. She moved to Flixton in 1976, and has lived there ever since.
Hughes studied for a BSc in Social Science at the University of Manchester, graduating in 1971. After graduation she continued her studies at the University of Manchester, carrying out postgraduate research into the care of people with schizophrenia, for which she was awarded a Master of Science degree in 1978. She also gained a Diploma in Applied Social Studies in 1974 from the University of Liverpool. She worked as a probation officer in Merseyside from 1971–6.
From 1976 – 1997 Hughes worked first as a research associate, then lecturer (from 1981) and then a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Policy at the University of Manchester, a department that she became the head of in 1994.
Political career[edit]
Hughes' political career began with election to Trafford Borough Council in 1986. She established herself, and was appointed leader of the council's Labour Group in 1992. She became Trafford Borough Council Leader in 1995 until her election to the UK Parliament in the 1997 general election.
From June 1997 to July 1998 she was a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee, until she was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Hilary Armstrong, Minister for Local Government and Housing. In July 1999 she was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
In 2001 she was appointed the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation in the Home Office.
In July 2001 she received significant ridicule and criticism in the media after it was revealed that along with other politicians she had repeatedly denounced an edition of the Channel 4 television show Brass Eye as being "unbelievably sick", but then subsequently admitting that she'd never seen it and refused to ever watch it.[3] The programme was in fact parodying hysteria surrounding the issue of paedophilia and the media, thus commentators suggested that extreme reactions such as those by Hughes had in fact emphasised the need for such programming. Sir Paul Fox criticised Hughes and her colleagues suggesting they "have to have the courtesy to have seen the programme before they go in at the deep end",[4] with Christopher Howse even more critical, suggesting "it was as if paedophilia were sacred and not to be blasphemed against" and that the idiocy of Hughes' performance on the affair was "hard to beat".[5]
In 2002 Hughes was appointed Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Counter Terrorism, but was forced to resign in April 2004 when it was shown that she had been informed of procedural improprieties concerning the granting of visas to certain categories of workers from Eastern Europe – she had earlier told the House of Commons that if she had been aware of such facts she would have done something about it.[6]
Upon resignation, she made clear that she had not set out to "intentionally mislead anyone", but she could not "in conscience continue to serve as immigration minister". The prime minister replaced Hughes with Work and Pensions Minister Des Browne.
She was re-appointed into government after the 2005 general election as the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families in the Department for Education and Skills. She became the Regional Minister for the North West as of 19 July 2007.[7]
On 2 June 2009, Hughes announced she was resigning her ministerial position of Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families within that week following the Local and European elections with a cabinet reshuffle anticipated. She stood down at the 2010 General Election for "personal reasons" and specifically denied that she was standing down due to the ongoing expenses scandal.[8] She was made a life peer on 15 July 2010 taking the title Baroness Hughes of Stretford, of Ellesmere Port in the County of Cheshire.[9]
Personal life[edit]
She married Thomas McDonald in 1973 in West Cheshire and has three grown up children – one son and two daughters.
References[edit]
^ Bev Hughes — About Me
^ New Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham appoints deputies, BBC, 6 May 2017
^ Mp, Labour (16 October 2002). "Beverley Hughes". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
^ Morris, Nigel (31 July 2001). "'Brass Eye': Ministers say no plan to interfere". The Independent. London. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
^ Howse, Christopher (31 July 2001). "Meddling ministers who can't tell satire from voyeurism". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
^ Mp, Labour (2002-10-16). "Beverley Hughes". BBC News. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
^ Number 10 — Minister for the North West Archived 16 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Beverley Hughes to stand down as MP at general election". London: The Daily Telegraph. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
^ "No. 59493". The London Gazette. 20 July 2010. p. 13809.
External links[edit]
- Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle – Beverley Hughes
- TheyWorkForYou.com – Beverley Hughes
- Hughes' website
- BBC Politics website
- GONW Website – Regional Minister Page
News items[edit]
- Letters she sent to David Blunkett from 2004
- Resignation in April 2004
- Timeline of resignation from June 2004
- Ask Beverley Hughes about Immigration in July 2003
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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New constituency | Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston 1997–2010 | Succeeded by Kate Green |
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| Preceded by The Lord Rooker as Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration | Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Counterterrorism 2002–2004 | Succeeded by Des Browne |
| Preceded by Maria Eagle as Undersecretary of State for Children and Families | Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families 2005–2009 | Succeeded by Dawn Primarolo |
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Ministers of State for Borders and Immigration of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration 1999–2002 |
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| Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Counter-Terrorism 2002–2005 |
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| Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality 2005–2006 |
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| Minister of State for Borders and Immigration 2006–2010 |
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| Minister of State for Immigration 2010–present |
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- Living people
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- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Labour Party (UK) life peers
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- UK MPs 1997–2001
- UK MPs 2001–05
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- People from Ellesmere Port
- 20th-century women politicians
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- Women government ministers in the United Kingdom
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