HODGE, Margaret Rt Hon MBE

Member for Barking since 1994. Committees: Member, Standing Committee on the Education Bill 1996-97; Member, Standing Committee on the Family Law Bill 1996; Member, Home Office Advisory Committee on Race Relations 1988-92; Member, All-Party Group on Children; Member, Parliamentary Labour Party Local Government Group; Member, Parliamentary Labour Party Backbench Education Committee. Political career: Minister of State for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport since 2007; Minister of State for Industry and the Regions, Department of Trade and Industry 2005-07; Minister of State for Welfare Reform, Department for Work and Pensions 2005-06; Minister of State for Children 2003-05; Minister of State for Lifelong Learning and Higher Education 2001-03; Junior Minister, Department for Education and Employment 1998-01; Member, Leadership Campaign Team; Labour Spokesperson, Early Years Policy; PLP-s Campaigner, Women-s Issues; Home Affairs Key Campaigner; Chair, Circle 33 Home Trust 1993-96; Local Government Commissioner 1993-94; Councillor, London Borough of Islington (LBI) 1973-94; Chair, Association of London Authorities 1984-92; Leader, LBI 1982-92; Deputy Leader, LBI 1981. Special political interests: Education, housing, local government. Profession/Trade: Senior Consultant, Price Waterhouse 1992-94; Teaching and Market Research 1966-73. Title/Honours/Decorations: MBE 1978. Education: London School of Economics, BSc, Economics. Author of: Beyond the Town Hall (1994); Quality, Equality and Democracy (1991). Affiliations: Governor, Council of the University of London 1994-98; Governor, London School of Economics; Non-Executive Director, UCH/Middlesex Hospital Trust 1992-94; Vice-Chair, Association of Metropolitan Authorities 1990-92; Director, CILNTEC 1990-92; Chair, London Research Centre 1985-92. Hobbies: Music, opera, theatre, cinema, cooking. b. 8 September 1944, Alexandra (Egypt). Married with four children.