Clare Judith Mallaber (born 10 July 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the

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for

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from

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, when she lost her seat to the

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Early life

She was educated at the

North London Collegiate School North London Collegiate School (NLCS) is an independent school with a day school for girls in England. Founded in Camden Town, it is now located in Edgware, in the London Borough of Harrow. Associate schools are located in South Korea, Jeju I ...

and

St Anne's College, Oxford St Anne's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 and gained full college status in 1959. Originally a women's college, it has admitted men since 1979. It has some 450 undergraduate and 200 ...

, gaining a BA Honours degree. From 1975–85 she was a research officer for

National Union of Public Employees The National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) was a British trade union which existed between 1908 and 1993. It represented public sector workers in local government, the Health Service, universities, and water authorities. History The union w ...

(NUPE), becoming Head of Research. In the 1970s, she was a member of the

Communist Party of Great Britain The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist organisation in Britain and was founded in 1920 through a merger of several smaller Marxist groups. Many miners joined the CPGB in the 1926 general strike. In 1930, the CPG ...

. From 1987–96, she was the Director of the

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. She was a member of the

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and

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CLP.

Political career

Mallaber was selected to stand for election for Labour through an

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. She was elected for the seat of

at the 1997 general election defeating the Conservative incumbent

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. She sat on the

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and on the Trade and Industry Committee (from 2003). Having worked for NUPE, she has interests in employment rights, as well as animal welfare, the feminist movement and the textile industry. She chaired th
Clothing, Textiles & Footwear Group
(APPG) from July 1999, and was a member of the

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(from 1997–2001). She was the Chair of the

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. She is a member of

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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

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as a
election observer
She lost her seat in 2010 to the Conservative Party's

by 538 votes. Amber Valley was the 24th most marginal seat in the country in the 2010 general election. Mallaber did not contest the 2015 general election.

References

External links

Judy Mallaber MP
''official constituency website'' *
Stopping downloaders of child porn having credit cards in 2006

Opposing the Canadian seal fur industry in 2006
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mallaber, Judy 1951 births Living people Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 UK MPs 2005–2010 People from the London Borough of Barnet Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire Alumni of St Anne's College, Oxford People educated at North London Collegiate School 20th-century British women politicians 21st-century British women politicians Communist Party of Great Britain members 20th-century English women 20th-century English people 21st-century English women 21st-century English people