The Right Honourable Dame Joan Ruddock | |
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 Official portrait, 2007 | |
| Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change | |
| In office 8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Mike O'Brien |
| Succeeded by | Charles Hendry |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | |
| In office 5 October 2008 – 8 June 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | David Kidney |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change, Biodiversity & Waste | |
| In office 2 July 2007 – 5 October 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Dan Norris |
| Member of Parliament for Lewisham Deptford | |
| In office 11 June 1987 – 30 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | John Silkin |
| Succeeded by | Vicky Foxcroft |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joan Mary Anthony 28 December 1943 Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Keith Ruddock (1963–1996; his death) Frank Doran (2010–2017; his death) |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London |
| Website | Official 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.