Joan Ruddock
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Joan Mary Ruddock (born 28 December 1943, Pontypool as Joan Mary Anthony), is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour Party Member of Parliament for Lewisham Deptford and was first elected in 1987. She is the partner of Frank Doran, the Labour MP for Aberdeen North.
Born in Wales, she was educated at Pontypool grammar school and at Imperial College London. Prior to her election to Parliament, Joan Ruddock was well known as the Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a UK pressure group highly active during the 1980s; she resigned the chair in 1985. Under the Blair administration, she served briefly as Minister for Women.
She is an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society.
[edit] External links
- Joan Ruddock MP official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Joan Ruddock MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Joan Ruddock MP
| Preceded by Hugh Jenkins |
Chair of CND 1981–1985 |
Succeeded by Paul Johns |
| Preceded by John Silkin |
Member of Parliament for Deptford 1987 – present |
Incumbent |
Categories: 1943 births | Living people | Current British MPs | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from English constituencies | British female MPs | Labour MPs (UK) | Welsh politicians | Alumni of Imperial College London | UK MPs 1987-1992 | UK MPs 1992-1997 | UK MPs 1997-2001 | UK MPs 2001-2005 | UK MPs 2005- | Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
