Margaret Hodge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Margaret Hodge

British politician

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1944

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Margaret Hodge

  • Dame Margaret Eve Hodge, Lady Hodge, (née Oppenheimer; born 8 September 1944) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking since 1994.
  • Previously, she led Islington Borough Council.
  • She has held a number of ministerial roles and served as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. Hodge was a Councillor on Islington Council from 1973 to 1994, was Chair of the Housing Committee, and then Council Leader from 1982 to 1992.
  • Hodge later apologised for failing to ensure that allegations of serious child abuse in council-run homes were sufficiently investigated and for libelling a complainant. Hodge was elected to parliament in a 1994 by-election.
  • She was appointed Junior Minister for Disabled People in 1998 and promoted to Minister for Universities in 2001, subsequently becoming the first Children's Minister in 2003, joining the Privy Council.
  • In 2005, Hodge became Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions with primary responsibility for employment.
  • In 2007, Hodge was reappointed Minister of State in the Department for Culture which she held, with a break, until Labour left government following the 2010 United Kingdom general election.In 2010 Hodge was elected by MPs to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, where she was noted for her forthright style, holding the position until 2015.

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