Caroline Flint
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| The Right Honourable Caroline Flint MP |
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| Assumed office 24 January 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
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| Preceded by | Yvette Cooper |
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Member of Parliament
for Don Valley |
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| Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Martin Redmond |
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| Born | 20 September 1961 Twickenham, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of East Anglia |
| Website | www.carolineflint.co.uk |
Caroline Louise Flint (born 20 September 1961 in Twickenham, London) is a British Labour politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Don Valley in South Yorkshire and the Minister of State for Housing and Planning.
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[edit] Early life
Flint was educated at Twickenham Girls School (the school transferred to Waldegrave School for Girls in 1977) in Clifden Road Twickenham and Richmond Tertiary College before earning her BA (Hons) in American Literature and History combined with Film Studies from the University of East Anglia. She joined the Labour Party when 17. She was the Women's Officer of the National Organisation of Labour Students for 1982-4.
She began her career with Inner London Education Authority, as a management trainee from 1984-5 and a Policy Officer from 1985-7. She was head of the Women's Unit at the NUS from 1988-9, before joining Lambeth Council as an Equal Opportunities Officer from 1989-91, and then Welfare and Staff Development Officer from 1991-3. From 1994-1997 she was the Senior Researcher and Political Officer for the GMB Union.
[edit] Member of Parliament
Flint is a member of the Fabian Society and has been an MP since 1997.
[edit] In government
In 1999, she became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Peter Hain in his capacity as Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office before in 2002 becoming Parliamentary Private Secretary to Dr John Reid, in his capacity as Leader of the House of Commons and Minister without Portfolio.
She joined the Government in June 2003 as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office, before moving in May 2005 to the Department of Health, with responsibility for Public Health first as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and from May 2006 as Minister of State in the same role.
As Public Health minister she was responsible for managing government programmes concerning radiation exposure, the potential bird flu epidemic, sex education, and the prevention of communicable diseases such as TB and HIV, and oversaw campaigns to tackle obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. She was also due to take charge of the enforcement of the Labour government's ban on smoking in all public places, but was moved just a couple of days before it came into force.
In February 2007, it was announced that she would be Hazel Blears' campaign manager in Blears' campaign for the Deputy Leadership election of the Labour Party following John Prescott's resignation. Blears was did not win, finishing sixth in the Deputy Leadership election, but her conduct during the campaign was rewarded with the Cabinet Post of Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
In the cabinet reshuffle of June 29, 2007 Caroline Flint moved to the Department for Work and Pensions where she served as the Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform. Flint was also appointed to the new position of Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber. On 24 January 2008, Flint was promoted to Minister of State for Housing and Planning, and as a result will now attend cabinet. She relinquished her role as regional minister.
[edit] Personal Life
In July 2001 she married her longtime partner, Phil Cole, a former Labour Party regional officer and P.R. professional. They have three children and live in Flint's South Yorkshire constituency.
[edit] Trivia
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- Along with several other Labour women MPs, she is a member of a tap dancing troupe known as the Division Belles. Other members include Hazel Blears, Laura Moffatt, Meg Munn, Joan Ryan and Dari Taylor.
- Caroline Flint is a former Minister for Fitness.[1]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Caroline Flint official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Caroline Flint MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Caroline Flint MP
- BBC Politics page
[edit] Audio clips
- Talking to Kath Melandri and Simon Lederman on the BBC LDN Drivetime show in 2005
- You and Yours discussing downgrading cannabis in February 2005
- Cloning horses on the Today programme in May 2004
- On the Today programme talking about gun crime in September 2003
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[edit] News items
- Council Housing blunder - Daily Mail February 2007
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| Preceded by Martin Redmond |
Member of Parliament for Don Valley 1997 – present |
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| Preceded by Yvette Cooper |
Minister of State for Housing and Planning 2008 – present |
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