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. 1.0 1.1 Kate Hollern MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 27 May 2015
  2. Rt Hon Jack Straw www.parliament.uk, accessed 27 May 2015
  3. About Kate Blackburn Labour Party, accessed 27 May 2015
  4. Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves and departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015