Colleen Fletcher
Colleen Fletcher | |
|---|---|
 Fletcher in 2017 | |
| Member of Parliament for Coventry North East | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Ainsworth |
| Majority | 7,692 (17.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Colleen Margaret Dalton 23 November 1954 Coventry, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse |
Ian Richard Fletcher
(m. 1972) |
| Children | 2 |
Colleen Margaret Fletcher (née Dalton; born 23 November 1954) is a British Labour Party politician. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East in the 2015 general election. Prior to her parliamentary career, she was a local councillor.
Early life
Colleen Margaret Dalton was born on 23 November 1954 in Coventry, England to William Charles and Dot Dalton.[1] Her mother was a Labour councillor on Coventry City Council. She grew up in Coventry and attended Richard Lee Primary School, Lyng Hall School, and the further education college Henley College.[2]
Political career
Fletcher represented Wyken ward on Coventry City Council from 1992 to 2000 and between 2002 and 2004.[3] In 2011, Fletcher was elected as a Labour Party councillor for the Upper Stoke ward on the same council.[4]
In December 2013, she was selected as the Labour candidate for Coventry North East. The seat had been represented by a Labour MP since its formation in 1974.[5] Fletcher was elected as MP with a majority of 11,775 (29,1%). She was re-elected in the 2017 general election.[6]
She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.[7] Since October 2017, Fletcher has sat on the Administration Committee and is an opposition whip.[8]
Fletcher supported the United Kingdom (UK) remaining within the European Union (EU) in the 2016 UK EU membership referendum. In the indicative votes on 27 March 2019, she voted for a referendum on a Brexit withdrawal agreement, for Norway plus, and for a customs union with the EU.[9]
Personal life
She married Ian Richard Fletcher in 1972; the couple have two sons.[10]
References
- ^ "Fletcher, Colleen Margaret". A & C Black. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ Reid, Les (14 December 2013). "Colleen Fletcher selected as Labour candidate for Coventry North East". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Reid, Les (18 November 2013). "Four make shortlist to fight Coventry North-East for Labour". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Upper Stoke Ward - Labour hold". Coventry City Council. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Coventry North East". UK Polling Report. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Coventry North East". BBC News. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Colleen Fletcher MP". parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "How MPs voted on May's withdrawal deal defeat". Financial Times. 29 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019.
- ^ Gilbert, Simon (3 June 2015). "Coventry's first female MP in 35 years speaks of juggling her new career with supporting her husband through his cancer battle". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
External links
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Coventry City Councillors
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Labour Party (UK) councillors
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Members of Parliament for Coventry
- UK MPs 2015–2017
- UK MPs 2017–2019
- UK MPs 2019–
- 21st-century British women politicians