Margaret Beckett

Margaret Beckett

(1943) politician United Kingdom

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Margaret Beckett (born 1943) was a United Kingdom politician.

About Margaret Beckett

Margaret Mary Beckett, Baroness Beckett, is a British politician who was the United Kingdom's first female Foreign Secretary and a member of Parliament (MP) for more than 45 years, first from 1974 to 1979 and then from 1983 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was and served as a minister under Prime Ministers Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Beckett was Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1992 to 1994, and briefly Leader of the Opposition and acting Leader of the Labour Party following John Smith's death in 1994. A member of the Labour Party, she served as MP for Lincoln from 1974 to 1979, and for Derby South from 1983 to 2024. Her 45 years in the House of Commons makes her the female MP in the Commons with the longest service overall, and she was the last sitting MP who served in the Labour governments of the 1970s.

Notable works:

Work of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy In 2012

Awards:

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire

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