Ann Coffey
Margaret Ann Coffey (née Brown; born 31 August 1946) is a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockport from 1992 to 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, she defected to form Change UK.
Ann Coffey | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| In office 28 June 2007 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Chancellor | Alistair Darling |
| Preceded by | Ann Keen |
| Succeeded by | Greg Hands |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| In office 2 May 1997 – 28 July 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | John Ward |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Grocott |
| Member of Parliament for Stockport | |
| In office 9 April 1992 – 6 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Anthony Favell |
| Succeeded by | Navendu Mishra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margaret Ann Brown 31 August 1946 Inverness, Scotland |
| Political party | Independent (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | Change UK (2019) Labour (before 2019) |
| Spouses | Thomas Coffey
(m. 1973; div. 1989)Peter Saraga (m. 1998) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Borough Polytechnic Institute (BSc) Walsall College (PGCE) University of Manchester (MSc) |
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Coffey resigned from the Labour Party in 2019 in protest at the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn and, with six others, formed Change UK.
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