Helen Jackson CBE | |
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Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hillsborough |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 5 May 2005 |
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Preceded by | Martin Flannery |
Succeeded by | Angela Smith |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 May 1939 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) | Keith Jackson (divorced) |
Alma mater | St Hilda's College, Oxford |
Helen Margaret Jackson CBE (née Price, born 19 May 1939) is a British politician. She was Labour member of Parliament for Sheffield Hillsborough from 1992 until she stepped down at the 2005 general election.
She went to the independent Berkhamsted School for Girls. She studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford where she gained an MA degree in Modern History in 1960. She went to the C.F. Mott College of Education (which later became Liverpool Polytechnic), gaining a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in 1972. Between 1960 and 1961, she worked as assistant librarian at the Queen's College, Oxford. From 1961 to 1962, Jackson was an assistant teacher in Stoke on Trent. She was a teacher in Lancashire between 1972 and 1974, and in Sheffield from 1974 from 1980. She was on the Labour party's National Executive Committee.
Jackson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours for her services to the Women and Pensions Network and the community in South Yorkshire.[1][2]
She married Keith Jackson in 1960, but divorced in 1998. They have two sons and one daughter.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Martin Flannery |
Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hillsborough 1992–2005 |
Succeeded by Angela Smith |