Joan Ruddock

Joan Ruddock
Official portrait, 2007
Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change
In office
8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byMike O'Brien
Succeeded byCharles Hendry
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
In office
5 October 2008 – 8 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDavid Kidney
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change, Biodiversity & Waste
In office
2 July 2007 – 5 October 2008
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDan Norris
Member of Parliament
for Lewisham Deptford
In office
11 June 1987 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byJohn Silkin
Succeeded byVicky Foxcroft
Personal details
Born
Joan Mary Anthony

(1943-12-28) 28 December 1943 (age 80)
Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)Keith Ruddock (1963–1996; his death)
Frank Doran (2010–2017; his death)
Alma materImperial College London
WebsiteOfficial website

Dame Joan Mary Ruddock, DBE, PC (née Anthony; born 28 December 1943) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham Deptford from 1987 to 2015. Ruddock was Minister of State for Energy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change until 11 May 2010. She stood down at the 2015 general election.