Judy Mallaber

Judy Mallaber
Member of Parliament for Amber Valley
In office 1 May 1997 – April 2010
Preceded by	Phillip Oppenheim
Succeeded by	Nigel Mills
Majority	5,275 (11.1%)
Personal details
Born	10 July 1951 (1951-07-10) (age 60) Colindale, London, UK
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	St Anne's College, Oxford

Clare Judith Mallaber known as Judy Mallaber (born 10 July 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Amber Valley from 1997 to 2010.

Early life

She went to the North London Collegiate School. She studied at St Anne's College at Oxford University, receiving a BA (Hons). From 1975-85 she was a research officer for NUPE, becoming Head of Research. In the 1970s, she was a member of the Communist Party. From 1987-96, she was the Director of the Local Government Information Unit. She was a member of the Hornsey and Wood Green CLP.

Political career

Mallaber was selected to stand for election for Labour through an all-women shortlist.^[1] This method of selection was subsequently declared illegal in January 1996 as it breached sex discrimination laws.^[2] Despite the ruling she remained in place as the candidate for the following year's election. She was elected for the seat of Amber Valley at the 1997 general election.

She sat on the Treasury Committee and on the Trade and Industry Committee (from 2003). Having worked for NUPE, she has interests in employment rights, as well as animal welfare, the feminist movement and the textile industry. She has chaired the Clothing, Textiles & Footwear Group (APPG) since July 1999, and been a member of the Education & Skills Select Committee (from 1997–2001). She was the Chair of the Labour Research Department.

She is a member of UNISON and the Liberty and Socialist Education Association. For the year ending April 2006, she claimed £5,649 in travel expenses. In 2006, she went twice to the Democratic Republic of Congo as an election observer.

References

1. ^ . http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960109/ai_n9634358?tag=content;col1. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Labour blow as all-women lists outlawed". The Independent (Bnet.com). 9 January 1996. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960109/ai_n9634289. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Judy Mallaber MP official constituency website
• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
• Electoral history and profile at The Guardian
• Voting record at PublicWhip.org
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
• Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
• Stopping downloaders of child porn having credit cards in 2006
• Opposing the Canadian seal fur industry in 2006

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Name	Mallaber, Judy
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Date of birth	10 July 1951
Place of birth	Colindale, London, UK
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