Caroline Spelman
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Caroline Alice Spelman (4 May 1958, East Anglia as Caroline Alice Cormack) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom who has served as MP for Meriden, West Midlands since 1997. She is currently the Shadow Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government (UK), covering Local Government and Communities. Spelman attended Herts and Essex Grammar School for Girls, and received a BA First Class in European Studies from University of London's Queen Mary College. She is married and has three children.
In 2001 Iain Duncan Smith appointed Spelman Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, a post she maintained until Smith's departure as Conservative Party leader. Duncan Smith's successor, Michael Howard, opted for a streamlined Shadow Cabinet and omitted Spelman; however, he later appointed her as a front bench spokesperson on Environmental Affairs working for Theresa May. In March 2004, Spelman re-entered the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Local and Devolved Government Affairs, succeeding David Curry.
Before entering Parliament in 1997, she stood unsuccessfully in the Bassetlaw constituency in Nottinghamshire at the 1992 general election.
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- carolinespelman.com (official site)
- ePolitix.com - Caroline Spelman profile
- Guardian Unlimited Politics Ask Aristotle - Caroline Spelman MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Caroline Spelman MP
- The Public Whip - Caroline Spelman MP voting record
- BBC News - Caroline Spelman profile 16 October 2002
- Open Directory Project - Caroline Spelman directory category
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