Karen Danczuk (née Burke) from Middleton, Rochdale is a British former local councillor for Kingsway, Rochdale metro. She came to prominence as the wife of

Simon Danczuk Simon Christopher Danczuk (; born 24 October 1966) is a British author and former Member of Parliament (MP) who represented the constituency of Rochdale between 2010 and 2017. He has co-written two books, ''Smile for the Camera: The Double Life ...

, who was Member of Parliament for the Rochdale constituency from 2010 to 2017. In 2017, she applied to be a Labour MP.

Family

Karen and Simon Danczuk married in 2012. They have two sons. The couple separated in June 2015. In July 2015, he said that he had been suffering from depression caused by his campaigning work on child sexual abuse and that this had affected their marriage.

Television work

Danczuk took part in 2015 in the TV programme, ''NHS in Crisis: Live Debate'' and was a participant in 2016's ''

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''. She has appeared on ''

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'' several times. She is a campaigner for victims of sexual abuse, and a patron for the National Association for People Abused in Childhood.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Councillors in Greater Manchester Sexual abuse victim advocates Women councillors in England People from Middleton, Greater Manchester Television personalities from Greater Manchester {{UK-politician-stub