Judy Mallaber

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Judy Mallaber MP

Member of Parliament for Amber Valley
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Phillip Oppenheim

Born	10 July 1951 (1951-07-10) (age 56) London
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour

Clare Judith Mallaber known as Judy Mallaber (born 10 July 1951, London) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She has been Labour Party Member of Parliament for Ripley since 1997.

1 Early life
2 Political career
3 Personal life
4 External links
5 News items

[edit] Early life

She went to the North London Collegiate School. She studied at St Anne's College at Oxford University, receiving a BA (Hons). From 1975-85 she was a research officer for NUPE, becoming Head of Research. In the 1970s, she was a member of the Communist Party. From 1987-96, she was the Director of the Local Government Information Unit. She was a member of the Hornsey and Wood Green CLP.

[edit] Political career

She was selected for the Amber Valley seat from an all-female shortlist. She sits on the Treasury Committee and on the Trade and Industry Committee (since 2003). Having worked for NUPE, she has interests in employment rights, as well as animal welfare, the feminist movement and the textile industry. She has chaired the Clothing, Textiles & Footwear Group (APPG) since July 1999, and been a member of the Education & Skills Select Committee (from 1997-2001). She was the Chair of the Labour Research Department.

She is a member of UNISON and the Liberty and Socialist Education Association. For the year ending April 2006, she claimed £5,649 in travel expenses. In 2006, she went twice to the Democratic Republic of Congo as an election observer.