The Baroness Keeley | |||||||||||||||||
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Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | |||||||||||||||||
In office 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown | ||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Chris Bryant | ||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | David Heath | ||||||||||||||||
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 13 August 2024 Life peerage | |||||||||||||||||
Member of Parliament for Worsley and Eccles South Worsley (2005–2010) | |||||||||||||||||
In office 5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Terry Lewis | ||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished | ||||||||||||||||
Member of Trafford Council for Priory | |||||||||||||||||
In office 4 May 1995 – 10 June 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Edna Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||
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Born | Barbara Mary Keeley 26 March 1952 | ||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Colin Huggett | ||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Salford (BA) | ||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||
Barbara Mary Keeley, Baroness Keeley[1] (born 26 March 1952), is a British Labour Party politician. She served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Worsley and Eccles South, previously Worsley, from 2005 to 2024, and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2024.
A member of the Labour Party, she served as Shadow Minister for Music and Tourism from 2023 to 2024. She previously served as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2010 and served in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet as Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care from 2016 to 2020.