Person Beckett; Dame; Margaret Mary (1943-); politician (Labour) DS/UK/2609 Beckett Margaret Mary Dame 1943- politician (Labour) Female Derby 1983: elected MP for Derby South 1992-1994: Deputy Leader, British Labour Party 2006: appointed the UK's first female Foreign Secretary British Labour Party politician, MP for Derby South since 1983 and as of 2021 is the longest-serving female MP. Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under John Smith from 1992 to 1994, briefly served as Leader of the Labour Party after Smith's death. Appointed Britain's first female Foreign Secretary in 2006.

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