Biography:
Roberta Blackman-Woods was re-elected MP for City of Durham on May 7th 2015 with 21596 votes, taking 47.3% of the vote.
Before being elected as the Labour Member of Parliament for the City of Durham in 2005 she was a university professor in social policy and had previously served as a local councillor.
Roberta’s interests in Parliament are housing, planning, international development, foreign affairs and regeneration. She chairs the Associate Parliamentary Group for Afghanistan and the All-Party Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group.
In Durham she works with local people to highlight the importance of planning and housing policies to the City, with the new unitary council to sensitively regenerate the City Centre and surrounding villages, and with the local NHS trust for the best health services for the area.
Roberta is married with one daughter.
Constituency: City of Durham
Constituency Address: The Miners’ Hall, Redhills, DURHAM, DH1 4BD
Constituency Tel: 0191 374 1915
Date of Birth: 16.08.1957
Email: woodsr@parliament.uk
Party: Labour
Personal Website: www.roberta.org.uk
Westminster Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Westminster Tel: 020 7219 4982
Twitter: https://twitter.com/robertabwMP
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Roberta-Blackman-Woods/52057544239?fref=ts
Facebook Personal: https://www.facebook.com/robertablackmanwoods?fref=ts
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