Joan Humble (born Jovanka Piplica; 3 March 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the

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(MP) for Blackpool North and Fleetwood from

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Early life

Humble's first job was working in a

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. Humble was educated at Keighley Girls (now known as Greenhead High School) and

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where she received a BA degree in History in 1972. She worked as a

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in the Department of Health and Social Security from 1972, before moving to the Inland Revenue in 1973. She left the civil service in 1977 to raise her two daughters. She served as a school governor for fifteen years from 1982. In 1985, she was elected as a councillor to

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where she served until her election to

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Parliamentary career

She was elected at the 1997 general election for the new

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seat of Blackpool North and Fleetwood. She defeated

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, the sitting Conservative MP for Blackpool North, by 8,946 votes. From 1998 to 2001 she served on select committees for

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, and from 2001 its replacement Work and Pensions. She was the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Childcare, Social Care, Myodil & Army Deaths. Although selected as the Labour Party candidate to contest the new constituency of

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at the 2010 general election, Humble announced on 27 February 2010 that she would stand down at the election. At the election, the Conservative Paul Maynard won the seat on a 6.9% swing.

Personal life

She married Paul Humble in 1972 in Halifax. She is a Christian socialist.

References

External links

Joan Humble MP

TheyWorkForYou.com - Joan Humble MP

News items

Consulting local people about wind farms in March 2007

TVR closes in December 2006
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