Английская Википедия:Colleen Fletcher
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder 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 the Norway-plus model, and for a customs union with the EU.[9]
On 5 September 2022, she announced she would be standing down at the next general election.[10]
Personal life
She married Ian Richard Fletcher in 1972; the couple have two sons.[11]
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