Colleen Fletcher

Colleen Fletcher
MP
Colleen Fletcher MP
Member of Parliament; for Coventry North East
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 May 2015
Preceded by	Bob Ainsworth
Majority	15,580 (33.5%)
Personal details
Born	Colleen Margaret Dalton; 23 November 1954 (age 69); Coventry, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Ian Fletcher (1972–present)
Alma mater	Henley College Coventry

Colleen Margaret Fletcher MP (née Dalton, born 23 November 1954) is an English Labour Party politician. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East since May 2015.^[1]

The daughter of Coventry Labour councillor Dot Dalton, Fletcher was born and educated in the constituency she now represents, attending Richard Lee Primary School, Lyng Hall Comprehensive School and Henley College.^[2] She was first elected to Coventry City Council at the Wyken by-election which followed her mother's death in 1992, before losing her seat in 2004. She was re-elected in the neighbouring Upper Stoke ward in 2011, standing down in 2015 on her election to as MP.

She married Ian Fletcher in 1972; the couple have two sons.

References

^ "Coventry North East Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015. BBC News. 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
^ Reid, Les (14 December 2013). "Colleen Fletcher selected as Labour candidate for Coventry North East". coventrytelegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

External links

Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou

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Preceded by Bob Ainsworth	Member of Parliament for Coventry North East 2015–present	Incumbent

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[1] "Coventry North East Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015. BBC News. 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

[2] Reid, Les (14 December 2013). "Colleen Fletcher selected as Labour candidate for Coventry North East". coventrytelegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

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