Angela Browning
The Baroness Browning | |
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Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Antisocial Behaviour Reduction | |
In office 1 May 2011 – 16 September 2011 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | James Brokenshire |
Succeeded by | The Lord Henley |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Life peerage 13 July 2010 | |
Member of Parliament forTiverton and Honiton Tiverton(1992–1997) | |
In office 9 April 1992 – 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Robin Maxwell-Hyslop |
Succeeded by | Neil Parish |
Shadow cabinetposts | |
1997–1998 | Shadow Minister for Schools, Disabled People and Women |
1999–2000 | Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry |
2000–2001 | Constitutional Affairs spokesperson |
2000–2001 | Shadow Leader of the House of Commons |
2000–2001 | Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
Personal details | |
Born | Angela Pearson 4 December 1946 Reading, Berkshire,England |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | David Browning |
Alma mater | University of West London Bournemouth University |
Angela Frances Browning, Baroness Browning(néePearson;born 4 December 1946) is a BritishConservative Partypolitician.She was theMember of Parliament(MP) forTiverton and Honitonfrom 1997 to 2010, having previously been MP forTivertonfrom 1992 to 1997.
Early life
[edit]Angela Frances Pearson was born inReading, Berkshire.Her father was a lab technician at theUniversity of Reading.She was educated at the Westwood Grammar School for Girls (aGrammar School,now calledKing's Academy Prospect) onHoney End Lanein Reading,University of West London,and theBournemouth College of Technology.[citation needed]
She worked inadult educationas aHome Economicstutor from 1968 until 1974. She was an auxiliarynursefor a year in 1976, and was appointed as a sales and training manager withGEC Hotpointin 1977. In 1985, she became a self-employed management consultant, and also became Director of the Small Business Bureau until 1994. From 1988 to 1992, she was the chairman of Women into Business.[citation needed]
Political career
[edit]Browning contestedCrewe and Nantwichat the1987 general election,but was narrowly defeated by the veteranLabourMPGwyneth Dunwoodyby just 1,092 votes. She was selected for the safe Conservative seat ofTivertonfollowing the retirement ofRobin Maxwell-Hyslop,who had represented the seat for 32 years. She held the seat comfortably at the1992 general electionwith a majority of 11,089. She made hermaiden speechon 12 June 1992.
Following her election, Browning became a Member of theAgricultureSelect committeein 1992. She was appointed theParliamentary Private Secretaryto theMinister of Stateat theDepartment for Education and EmploymentMichael Forsythin 1993. Also in 1993, she became the President of theNational Autistic Society.She enteredJohn Major'sgovernment in 1994 when she became aParliamentary Under-Secretary of Stateat the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, where she remained until the Major government fell. She became a vice president of the National Alzheimer's Disease Society in 1997.
Her Tiverton seat was abolished, but she won the nomination for the newly drawnTiverton and Honitonseat which she contested at the1997 general election.She won the new seat with a sharply reduced majority of 1,653.[1]
AfterJohn Majorresigned from the Leadership of the Conservative Party she ran theJohn Redwoodcampaign team. She was appointed as an opposition spokeswoman on Education and Employment underWilliam Hague,but she stepped down in 1998 to look after herautisticadult son, Robin. However, Hague brought her back in 1999 when she entered theShadow cabinetas theShadow Trade and IndustrySecretary, and, in 2000, was theShadow Leader of the House of Commons.Following the2001 general election,she was briefly an opposition spokesperson onConstitutional Affairs,before becoming the Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party 2000–04.
In the2005 general election,Browning increased her majority to 11,051; almost the majority of the original Tiverton seat she took in 1992.
She was a Member of both the Public Accounts and Standards and Privileges Select Committees.
On 17 November 2006, Browning announced her intention not to stand as a candidate at the2010 general election.[2]
House of Lords
[edit]On 9 July 2010, she was created alife peerasBaroness Browning,ofWhimplein theCounty of Devon,[3]and wasintroducedin theHouse of Lordson 13 July 2010,[4]where she sits as a Conservative.
On 11 May 2011, it was announced that Lady Browning would replace James Brokenshire as the Minister for Crime Prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour Reduction[5]in thecoalition governmentfollowing the resignation of Lady Neville-Jones as Security Minister.[6]Lady Browning also became the Home Office Minister of State in the House of Lords, making her the lead for all Home Office business in the Upper House.[7]
She resigned from government on health grounds[8]on 16 September 2011, and was replaced in the Home Office byLord Henley.[9][10]
She was interviewed in 2015 as part ofThe History of Parliament's oral history project.[11]
Personal life
[edit]She married David Browning on 6 January 1968 inBournemouth.They have two sons.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^"Election Data 1997".Electoral Calculus.Archived fromthe originalon 15 October 2011.Retrieved18 October2015.
- ^"Tory deputy chairman to step down".BBC News Online.17 November 2006.Archivedfrom the original on 2 May 2014.
- ^"No. 59488".The London Gazette.14 July 2010. p. 13382.
- ^House of Lords Minute of Proceedings for 13 July 2011Archived2 November 2016 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Crime minister Lady Browning resigns on health grounds".BBC News.16 September 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 23 February 2012.Retrieved7 May2013.
- ^Johnson, Wesley (12 May 2011)."James Brokenshire takes on security role".Independent.London.Archivedfrom the original on 15 May 2011.Retrieved12 May2010.
- ^"New crime and security minister".Home Office.UK Government. 11 May 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 15 May 2011.Retrieved12 May2011.
- ^Mulholland, Helene (16 September 2011)."Lady Browning steps down as crime prevention minister".Guardian.London.Archivedfrom the original on 15 March 2016.Retrieved7 May2013.
- ^Home Office: New Lords minister at Home OfficeArchived24 September 2011 at theWayback Machine
- ^Johnson, Wesley (16 September 2011)."Baroness Browning steps down".Independent.London. Archived fromthe originalon 7 July 2013.Retrieved7 May2013.
- ^"Angela Browning interviewed by Kayleigh Milden".British Library Sound Archive.Retrieved26 January2018.
External links
[edit]- Hansard1803–2005:contributions in Parliament by Angela Browning
- Official Website[permanent dead link]
- ePolitix – Angela Browning MPArchived11 October 2008 at theWayback Machine
- Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Angela Browning MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com – Angela Browning MP
- Blakes Parliamentary Yearbook
- Tiverton and Honiton Conservative Association[permanent dead link]
- The Public Whip – Angela Browning MPvoting record
- BBC News Profile – Angela BrowningArchived13 February 2007 at theWayback Machine
- Living people
- 1946 births
- Alumni of the University of West London
- Conservative Party (UK) life peers
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Tiverton
- Politicians from Reading, Berkshire
- UK MPs 1992–1997
- UK MPs 1997–2001
- UK MPs 2001–2005
- UK MPs 2005–2010
- 20th-century British women politicians
- 21st-century British women politicians