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| − | '''Kate Green''' is the Labour MP for Stretford and Urmston. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/kate-green/4120 Kate Green MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 5 March 2015 </ref> She was elected in May 2010 with a majority vote of 8,935. | + | '''Kate Green''' is the [[Labour Party]] MP for Stretford and Urmston. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/kate-green/4120 Kate Green MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 5 March 2015 </ref> She was elected in May 2010 with a majority vote of 8,935. In the general election in May 2015, Green retained her seat with an increased majority of 11,685. <ref> [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/stretford-urmston-constituency-results-election-9046949 Stretford and Urmston constituency results: General Election 2015 - Labour hold with strong majority] ''Manchester Evening News'', 7 May 2015, accessed 14 May 2015 </ref> |
Green is the current shadow minister for disabled people. <ref> [http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/how-labour-would-reform-the-work-capability-assessment-9265479.html How Labour would reform the Work Capability Assessment] ''The Independent'', 16 April 2014, accessed 5 March 2015 </ref> | Green is the current shadow minister for disabled people. <ref> [http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/how-labour-would-reform-the-work-capability-assessment-9265479.html How Labour would reform the Work Capability Assessment] ''The Independent'', 16 April 2014, accessed 5 March 2015 </ref> | ||
Revision as of 05:53, 14 May 2015
Kate Green is the Labour Party MP for Stretford and Urmston. [1] She was elected in May 2010 with a majority vote of 8,935. In the general election in May 2015, Green retained her seat with an increased majority of 11,685. [2]
Green is the current shadow minister for disabled people. [3]
A 'longstanding campaigner against poverty and inequality', Green also chairs the all-party parliamentary group on poverty, and serves as a member of the Greater Manchester poverty commission. [4]
Background
Before becoming an MP Green was chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group and is a former director of the National Council for One Parent Families. [4]
Green was previously a member of the National Employment Panel, an advisory board that works with ministers on labour market policies. She also worked as the chair of the London child poverty commission, reporting to the Mayor of London and local councillors. [4]
Before her career in politics Green served as a magistrate for 16 years.
Contact
Constituency
- Address: Stretford and Urmston Labour Party, The Morris Hall, 9 Atkinson Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 9AD
- Telephone: 0161 749 9120
Parliamentary
- Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
- Telephone: 020 7219 7162
- Email: kate.green.mp@parliament.uk
Web & Social media
- Website: http://www.kategreen.org
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/kategreensu
Notes
- ↑ Kate Green MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 5 March 2015
- ↑ Stretford and Urmston constituency results: General Election 2015 - Labour hold with strong majority Manchester Evening News, 7 May 2015, accessed 14 May 2015
- ↑ How Labour would reform the Work Capability Assessment The Independent, 16 April 2014, accessed 5 March 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 About Kate Kate Green MP, accessed 4 March 2015
