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Margaret Mary Beckett
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Data Last Updated: 13 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Assistant Government Whip | 1975 | 1976 | |
Under Secretary of State for Education and Science | 1976 | May 1979 | |
Leader of HM Opposition | 12 May 1994 | 12 July 1994 | |
President of the Board of Trade | 2 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | |
Leader of the House of Commons | 27 July 1998 | 8 June 2001 | |
Lord President of the Council | 28 July 1998 | 8 June 2001 | |
Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Affairs | 8 June 2001 | 5 May 2006 | |
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | 5 May 2006 | 27 June 2007 |
Elections fought
28 February 1974 | ![]() | Lincoln | Labour Party | 13,487 | 32.45 |
10 October 1974 | ![]() | Lincoln | Labour Party | 14,698 | 37.08 |
3 May 1979 | ![]() | Lincoln | Labour Party | 17,175 | 40.40 |
9 June 1983 | ![]() | Derby South | Labour Party | 18,169 | 39.34 |
11 June 1987 | ![]() | Derby South | Labour Party | 21,003 | 43.67 |
9 April 1992 | ![]() | Derby South | Labour Party | 25,917 | 51.73 |
24 April 1995 Margaret Beckett assumes the leadership of the Labour Party on the death of John Smith. | |||||
1 May 1997 | ![]() | Derby South | Labour Party | 29,154 | 56.26 |
7 June 2001 | ![]() | Derby South | Labour Party | 24,310 | 56.44 |
5 May 2005 | ![]() | Derby South | Labour Party | 19,683 | 45.38 |
6 May 2010 | ![]() | Derby South | Labour Party | 17,851 | 43.34 |
7 May 2015 | ![]() | Derby South | Labour Party | 20,007 | 49.01 |
8 June 2017 | ![]() | Derby South | Labour Party | 26,430 | 58.34 |
12 December 2019 | ![]() | Derby South | Labour Party | 21,690 | 51.08 |