Meg Munn

Biography:

Meg Munn was re-elected MP for Sheffield, Heeley in May 2010 with a majority of 5,807.

First elected Member of Parliament for Sheffield Heeley June 2001 –
Appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) June 2007 –
Minister for Women and Equality at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) May 2005 – June 2007
PPS (Parliamentary Private Secretary) to Margaret Hodge, Minister for Children Feb 2004 – May 2005
Team PPS to Department for Education and Skills July 2003 – Feb 2004
Chair of the Women’s Committee of the Parliamentary Labour Party July 2003 – May 2005
Chair of the Co-operative Group of MPs 2004 – 2005
Member of the Education and Skills Select Committee 2001 – 2003
Member of the Procedure Select Committee 2001 – 2002
She was born in 1959 in central Sheffield, moving into the Constituency when she was 3 years old. I went to Mundella Primary School and Rowlinson Comprehensive School. I attended York and Nottingham Universities, and later studied with the Open University.

She joined the Labour Party when she was 15 years old, becoming a City Councillor in Nottingham for the period 1987 – 91. She also joined the Co-operative Party and am a Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament.

A trained social worker she worked in Berkshire, Nottinghamshire, Barnsley, Wakefield and York. She was a social worker for a number of years and finished as Assistant Director for Children’s Services at the City of York Council.

She speaks fluent French and German and conversational Italian. She is a member of the Methodist Church; she is married to Dennis and lives with him and their three cats.

Constituency: Sheffield, Heeley

Constituency Address: PO Box 4333, Sheffield S8 2EY

Constituency Tel: 0114 258 2010

Date of Birth: 24 August 1959

Party: Labour

Personal Website: www.megmunnmp.org.uk

Twitter: @MegMunnMP