Preceded by Bob Ainsworth Role Politician Majority 12,274 (29.1%) | Political party Labour Parents Dot Dalton Name Colleen Fletcher Party Labour Party | |
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Full Name Colleen Margaret Dalton Born 23 November 1954 (age 69)
Coventry, United Kingdom ( 1954-11-23 ) Spouse(s) Ian Fletcher (1972–present) Alma mater Henley College Coventry | ||
Education Henley College Coventry | ||
Colleen Fletcher's election speech.
Colleen Margaret Fletcher (née Dalton, born 23 November 1954) is an English Labour Party politician. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East since May 2015.
The daughter of Coventry Labour councillor Dot Dalton, Fletcher was born and educated in the constituency she now represents, attending Richard Lee Primary School, Lyng Hall Comprehensive School and Henley College. She was first elected to Coventry City Council at the Wyken by-election which followed her mother's death in 1992, before losing her seat in 2004. She was re-elected in the neighbouring Upper Stoke ward in 2011, standing down in 2015 on her election to as MP.
She married Ian Fletcher in 1972; the couple have two sons.
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