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Preceded by
  
Spouse(s)
  
Paul Kenny

Education
  
Political party
  
Role
  
British Politician


Nationality
  
British

Name
  
Yvonne Fovargue

Majority
  
13,155 (29.4%)

Children
  
1 daughter

Party
  
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Born
  
29 November 1956 (age 67) Sale, Cheshire, England (
1956-11-29
)

Profiles

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Yvonne Helen Fovargue (born 29 November 1956) is a British Labour Party politician. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Makerfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in 2010, succeeding Labour's Ian McCartney, who stepped down due to ill health.

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Early life and career

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Fovargue attended Sale Grammar School and has a BA in English from the University of Leeds. She was an elected member of Warrington council from 2004 until 2010 and worked as a housing officer on the Moss Side estate in 1980s. She was later Chief Executive of St Helens Citizens Advice Bureau, a role she held for over 20 years.

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Fovargue served as a local councillor from 2004 until her election as an MP in 2010.

Parliamentary career

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Fovargue was elected with a majority of 12,490 at the 2010 general election. She was appointed as an Opposition Whip in 2011 and subsequently served as Shadow Transport Minister and then Shadow Defence Minister.

Fovargue was made Shadow Education Minister with responsibility for Further Education and Skills in October 2014 following the resignation of Rushanara Ali

Fovargue is a member of the Unite trade union and the Co-operative Party.

Personal life

Fovargue is married with one adult daughter. She is a member of Mensa and an avid reader of crime fiction.

References

Yvonne Fovargue Wikipedia


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