Liz McInnes | |
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Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
In office 10 October 2016 –12 December 2019 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Fabian Hamilton |
Succeeded by | Afzal Khan |
Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government | |
In office 18 September 2015 –28 June 2016 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Lyn Brown |
Succeeded by | Kate Hollern |
Member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton | |
In office 9 October 2014 –6 November 2019 | |
Preceded by | Jim Dobbin |
Succeeded by | Chris Clarkson |
Personal details | |
Born | Oldham,Lancashire,England | 30 March 1959
Political party | Labour |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | St Anne's College,Oxford (BA) University of Surrey (MA) |
Elizabeth Anne McInnes (born 30 March 1959) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 2014 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party,she was a Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2016 to 2019 and Communities and Local Government from 2015 to 2016.
Elizabeth Anne McInnes was born on 30 March 1959 in Oldham,Lancashire. She was the fifth of the eight children to Margaret Elizabeth and George Frederick McInnes. [1] Her father was a sheet metal worker who died when she was 14 years-old,so her mother brought-up the family single-handedly. Margaret took on various jobs including running public houses.[ citation needed ]
McInnes was educated at Hathershaw Comprehensive School,Oldham. She studied biochemistry at St Anne's College,University of Oxford and completed a master's degree at the University of Surrey. From 1981,she worked in healthcare for the NHS in London,Sheffield,Manchester and Oldham. Prior to her election to Parliament,McInnes was a senior biochemist at the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. She served as secretary of the Pennine Acute branch for Unite the Union, [2] chair of the National Health Sector Industrial Committee and a member of the Healthcare Science organising professional committee. [3]
She was elected as a Member of Rossendale Borough Council for Longholme in 2010,where she was health lead and Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee. McInnes stood down from the Council after her election to parliament, [4] [5] but was re-elected to Longholme in the 2022 local elections. [6]
McInnes was elected to Parliament at the October 2014 Heywood and Middleton by-election,narrowly defeating UKIP candidate John Bickley with a majority of 617 votes. [7] Caused by the death of the incumbent Labour MP Jim Dobbin,she beat several candidates to win the Labour selection,including former BBC presenter Miriam O'Reilly. [4] She was re-elected in 2015 and 2017,but defeated at the 2019 general election by Conservative Chris Clarkson. [8]
She supported Andy Burnham in the 2015 Labour leadership election, [9] and was appointed Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government after Jeremy Corbyn's victory. [10] In June 2016,McInnes supported Corbyn in a vote of no confidence within the Parliamentary Labour Party. However,she resigned from the front bench following his overwhelming defeat,arguing the outcome of the vote left her with no other option. [11] She supported Owen Smith in the unsuccessful attempt to replace him in the 2016 leadership election. [12]
McInnes was re-appointed to the opposition front bench in October 2016,as Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs responsible for Africa and Asia. [13]
McInnes was awarded Parliamentarian of the Year in 2016 by the charity Brake,for her campaigning to obtain tougher sentences for those causing death and injury by dangerous driving. [14]
In 2019,she argued with ex-Labour MP Ian Austin in the House of Commons chamber whilst he criticised Jeremy Corbyn. She told Austin,"Why don't you go over there? You're not welcome here," directing him to sit alongside Conservative MPs on the government benches. [15] He was later appointed to the House of Lords by the Conservative Prime Minister,Boris Johnson.
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