Marion Roe
| Dame Marion Roe DBE | |
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| Member of Parliament for Broxbourne | |
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In office 10 June 1983 – 11 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Succeeded by | Charles Walker |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 July 1936 London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | James Kenneth Roe |
Dame Marion Audrey Roe, DBE (born 15 July 1936, London) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and former MP.
Early life
She went to the independent Bromley High School for Girls in Bickley, then the independent Croydon High School. She studied at the English School of Languages in Vevey in Switzerland.
Parliamentary career
She unsuccessfully contested the Barking constituency at the 1979 general election. She served on the Greater London Council and was Member of Parliament for Broxbourne from 1983 until 2005. A eurosceptic, she is on the council of the right-wing Conservative Way Forward group. She was a junior environment minister in the 1980s and chaired select committees in the 1990s. She stepped down at the 2005 general election.
In 2010 she became chair of the trustees of the National Benevolent Fund for the Aged, after the death of Winston Churchill (grandson of the former prime minister).[1]
Personal life
She married James Kenneth Roe in 1958. They have a son and two daughters - one of whom, Philippa Roe, Baroness Couttie, is the incumbent leader of Westminster City Council and a member of the House of Lords.
References
- ↑ "Trustees and staff". web site. NBFA. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
External links
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Broxbourne 1983–2005 |
Succeeded by Charles Walker |