Barbara Roche

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Barbara Maureen Roche, née Margolis (born 13 April 1954) was a Labour politician in the United Kingdom.

She was educated at the Jews Free School, Camden Town (where she was Head Girl) and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford where she achieved a Bachelor of Arts. She trained to be a barrister and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, 1977.

She was the Labour member of Parliament for the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency from 1992 until losing the seat at the 2005 general election, despite a 1997 majority of 20,500, and a 2001 majority of over 10,500. She had previously contested the seat in 1987 general election and before that was the Labour candidate in the South West Surrey by-election in 1984.

She held several ministerial offices: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry, 1997-1998; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1999; Minister of State, Home Office, 1999-2001; Cabinet Office, 2001-2002; Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2002-2003.

She is an avid theatre-goer and reader of detective fiction.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Hugh Rossi	Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green 1992–2005	Succeeded by Lynne Featherstone
Political offices
Preceded by Dawn Primarolo	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1999	Succeeded by Stephen Timms

[edit] External links

• They Work For You - Barbara Roche
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