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Entry TypePerson
SurnameBeckett
ForenamesMargaret Mary
Pre TitleDame
PlaceDerby
Epithetpolitician (Labour)
Dates1943-
Gender IdentityFemale
BiographyBritish 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.
Key Events1983: elected MP for Derby South
1992-1994: Deputy Leader, British Labour Party
2006: appointed the UK's first female Foreign Secretary
Authorised Form of NameBeckett; Dame; Margaret Mary (1943-); politician (Labour)

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