Kate Green
Kate Green is the Labour MP for Stretford and Urmston. [1] She was elected in May 2010 with a majority vote of 8,935.
Green is the current shadow minister for disabled people. [2]
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. [3]
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. [3]
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. [3]
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
- ↑ How Labour would reform the Work Capability Assessment The Independent, 16 April 2014, accessed 5 March 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 About Kate Kate Green MP, accessed 4 March 2015
