Yvonne Fovargue

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Yvonne Fovargue
MP
Yvonne Fovargue.jpg
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Minister for Local Government
In office
3 July 2017 – 14 March 2019
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byGareth Thomas
Succeeded byStephen Morgan
Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills
In office
14 September 2015 – 27 June 2016
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Shadow Minister for Further Education and Skills
In office
26 September 2014 – 14 September 2015
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byRushanara Ali
Succeeded byGordon Marsden
Shadow Minister for International Security Strategy
In office
7 October 2013 – 14 September 2014
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byRussell Brown
Succeeded byIan Lucas
Shadow Minister for Transport
In office
11 January 2013 – 7 October 2013
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byJohn Woodcock
Succeeded byGordon Marsden
Member of Parliament
for Makerfield
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byIan McCartney
Majority4,740 (10.7%)
Personal details
Born
Yvonne Helen Fovargue

(1956-11-29) 29 November 1956 (age 65)
Cambridge, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)Paul Kenny[1]
Children1 daughter
Alma materUniversity of Leeds
Websitewww.yvonnefovargue.com

Yvonne Helen Fovargue[2] (born 29 November 1956)[3] is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Makerfield since 2010.

Early life and career[]

Fovargue attended Sale Grammar School and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Leeds. In the 1980s, she worked as a housing officer on the Moss Side estate, before becoming the Chief Executive of St Helens Citizens Advice Bureau, a role she held for over 20 years.

She also served as a local councillor from 2004 until her election as an MP in 2010.[4]

Parliamentary career[]

Fovargue was elected with a majority of 12,490 at the 2010 general election. She was appointed as an Opposition Whip in 2011 and served as Shadow Transport Minister and Shadow Defence Minister.[5]

She was then appointed as a Shadow Education Minister with responsibility for Further Education and Skills in October 2014 following the resignation of Rushanara Ali.[6] She resigned from this role in March 2019 after voting against the Labour whip in a vote on a second Brexit referendum.[7]

She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election.[8]

Yvonne Fovargue is a member of the Unite trade union and the Co-operative Party.[4]

Fovargue supported neighboring MP Lisa Nandy in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election.[9]

Personal life[]

Fovargue is married with one adult daughter. She is also a member of Mensa and an avid reader of crime fiction.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Register of Members' Financial Interests
  2. ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8737.
  3. ^ "Yvonne Fovargue MP". BBC Democracy Live. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Yvonne Fovargue". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Yvonne Fovargue". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  6. ^ Whittaker, Freddie (21 October 2014). "Yvonne Fovargue gets shadow education post in Labour's mini-reshuffle (in an alternate universe? or timeline idk)". FE Week. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  7. ^ Wearmouth, Rachel (14 March 2019). "3 Shadow Ministers Resign Over Vote To Block Second Brexit Referendum". HuffPost. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Here are the 23 MPs backing Wigan's Lisa Nandy in the Labour Party leadership contest". www.wigantoday.net. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Profile – Yvonne Fovargue". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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