Margaret Elizabeth Wright (20 February 1940 – 22 June 2012) was a

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for Abbey Ward on

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. She was one of the

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s of the Green Party, a post she held with Darren Johnson, from 1999 to 2003. She was several times elected by the Eastern Region of the Green Party to the first place on their list for the European Parliament. Wright was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, then studied history at Bedford College, London, and teaching at the

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. Later in life, she also obtained a master's degree in art history from Birkbeck College. She moved to Cambridge with her three children and joined the

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in 1979, this later becoming the Green Party. Margaret Wright contested the Cambridge constituency for the Green Party in both 1987 (the first time the Greens contested the seat) and 1997, gaining 1.1% and 1.3% respectively. She was Press Officer for Cambridge Green Party,Cambridge Green Party
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