Liz McInnes
| Liz McInnes MP |
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| Member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton |
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| Assumed office 9 October 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Dobbin |
| Majority | 5,299 (10.9%) |
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| Born | March 30, 1959 Oldham, Lancashire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 1 |
Elizabeth Anne McInnes (born 30 March 1959) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton since being elected at the 2014 by-election caused by the death of the incumbent MP, Jim Dobbin.[1]
Born in Oldham, Lancashire, she was educated at Hathershaw Comprehensive School. She studied biochemistry at the University of Oxford and completed a masters degree at the University of Surrey. Since 1981 she has worked for the NHS and was employed as a senior biochemist at the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust until the by-election. She was Branch Secretary of the Pennine Acute Branch for the Unite Trades Union[2] and a member of the Healthcare Science organising professional committee.[3] McInnes has been a Rossendale borough councillor for Longholme ward where she was the health lead since 2010.[4][5]
She has lived in Rawtenstall with her partner, Steve Duxbury and their son, Sam, since 2000.[6]
In 2015, Liz joined the Labour front bench, being appointed by new leader Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Minister in the Department for Communities and Local Government team, joining Jon Trickett, Steve Reed, Lord Kennedy and Lord Beecham.[7]
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External Links
- Official website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton 2014 ––present |
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Alumni of the University of Surrey
- Councillors in Lancashire
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Labour Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- People from Oldham
- UK MPs 2010–15
- UK MPs 2015–20
