Kate Hollern
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Kate Hollern has been the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn since May 2015. [1]
Following the retirement of previous Labour MP Jack Straw, who had held the seat since 1979, Hollern was appointed to stand as the parliamentary candidate for the 2015 general election. [2] She was elected in with a majority of 12,760. [1]
Hollern previously led the Labour group on the Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council serving as council leader from 2004–07 and again in 2010. [3]
As of November 2015, Hollern became a member of the Armed Forces Bill Select Committee. [4]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kate Hollern MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 27 May 2015
- ↑ Rt Hon Jack Straw www.parliament.uk, accessed 27 May 2015
- ↑ About Kate Blackburn Labour Party, accessed 27 May 2015
- ↑ Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves and departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015
