Valerie Davey
Valerie Davey | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Bristol West | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | William Waldegrave |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Williams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Valerie Corbett 16 April 1940 Surrey |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham University College London |
| Occupation | Teacher, Politician |
Valerie Davey (born Valerie Corbett; 16 April 1940) is a former Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West in England.
Early life[]
Born in Surrey, Davey studied theology and history at the University of Birmingham and gained a PGCE at the Institute of Education in 1963. She then gained an MA in Theology, where she specialised in New Testament textual criticism. Entering work, she taught near Wolverhampton at the Regis Comprehensive School (now the ) on Regis Road in Tettenhall. After her marriage she moved to Tanzania and taught at the Ilboru Secondary School on Ilboru Road in Arusha. She moved to Bristol in 1968, and concentrated on her children. She taught for one year Religious studies A level at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College. She was an Avon County Council Councillor from 1981 until the county's abolition in 1996 and was Labour group leader from 1992. She was also a governor of various schools and of Bristol Polytechnic (now the UWE).
Parliamentary career[]
She won the three-way marginal seat at the 1997 general election, displacing the Conservative cabinet minister William Waldegrave, but lost it to the Liberal Democrat Stephen Williams at the 2005 general election.
In Parliament, she was a member of the House of Commons Education & Skills Committee.
Personal life[]
She married Graham Davey in 1966 in Weston-super-Mare. They have a son and two daughters.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Valerie Davey
- Aristole profile from The Guardian
- They Work For You
- Honorary degree from UWE in November 2005 after she lost her seat
- 1940 births
- Politics of Bristol
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- People from Sutton, London
- Alumni of the UCL Institute of Education
- Councillors in South West England
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1997–2001
- UK MPs 2001–2005
- People associated with the University of the West of England, Bristol
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Birmingham
- British expatriates in Tanzania
- Members of Parliament for Bristol
- 20th-century British women politicians
- 21st-century British women politicians
- 20th-century English women
- 20th-century English people
- 21st-century English women
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