Sally Keeble
| Sally Keeble | |
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| Member of Parliament for Northampton North |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Antony Marlow |
| Succeeded by | Michael Ellis |
| Majority | 3,960 (9.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 October 1951 Berlin, Germany |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Andrew Hilary Porter |
| Alma mater | Cheltenham Ladies' College, St Hugh's College, Oxford |
Sally Curtis Keeble (born 13 October 1951) is a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton North from the 1997 to 2010 general elections. She had previously been Leader of Southwark Council from 1990 to 1993.
Keeble went to the independent Cheltenham Ladies' College, and later attended St Hugh's College, Oxford, gaining a BA degree in Theology in 1973, and a BA in Sociology from the University of South Africa in 1981. Her father was the British diplomat Sir Curtis Keeble, a former ambassador to East Germany and the USSR. Before entering Parliament she was a journalist in South Africa for the Daily News in Durban from 1973–79 and then in Birmingham on the Birmingham Post from 1978–83. She then worked for the Labour Party as a Press Officer at Labour Headquarters from 1983–84, then the Inner London Education Authority where she was Assistant Director for External Relations from 1984–86, and was Head of Communications for the GMB trade union from 1986–90 before becoming a full-time council leader in inner London. She was a public affairs consultant from 1995–97.
In 1995, Keeble was selected to stand for election for Labour in Northampton North through an all-women shortlist.
Keeble served on the Agriculture Select Committee (before its abolition in 2001), and became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong in 1999. After the 2001 general election she was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions, where her responsibilities included planning, regeneration, housing and local transport. She chaired the taskforce on parks and urban green spaces. In 2002 she moved to the Department for International Development. In 2003 she left the frontbench. From 2005, she was been a member of the Treasury Select Committee.
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