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Dame Margaret Mary Beckett GBE (née Jackson; born 15 January 1943) is a British former politician who was Britain's first female Foreign Secretary and a minister under Prime Ministers Wilson, Callaghan, Blair and Brown.
Margaret Beckett (born January 15, 1943, Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England) is a British politician who served as foreign secretary of the United Kingdom (2006–07), the first woman to hold the post. She briefly served (1994) as leader of the Labour Party, the first woman to hold that post.
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Dec 14, 2021 · The husband of veteran Labour MP Dame Margaret Beckett has died at the age of 95, the party has announced. The pair married in 1979 with Leo, a local Labour party chairman,...
Mar 26, 2022 · The first woman to be foreign secretary and Labour leader announces her intention to stand down at the next general election. She has served under four prime ministers and is Britain's longest-serving female MP.
Mar 26, 2022 · Britain's first female foreign secretary and Labour leader announces her intention to stand down from Derby South constituency in 2024. Sir Keir Starmer praises her as a "trailblazer" and a "legend" of the party.
Jun 10, 2024 · Beckett never blew her own horn in office and banned her aides from briefing against colleagues, although that meant some briefed against her with relative impunity. When I ask about this, she describes a conversation with a former chief whip about a damaging untruth that refused to die.
That's because Dame Margaret Becket, formerly Derby South MP for 41 years, has been made a baroness and will be able to sit in the House of Lords. The dissolution honours list was announced late ...
