| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:McLeod misses the point | |
| Posted by: | Dawn Hardy | |
| Date/Time: | 18/07/10 20:32:00 |
| I HAVE SPENT THE LAST HOUR ON GOOGLE AND FOUND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION!! Ann Lloyd Keen(nee Fox born 26 November 1948) is a British Labour Party politician,who was a member of parliament(MP)for Brentford & Isleworth from 1997, until she was defeated by Mary Macleod Conservative candidate in 2010. She stood for the Brentford & Isleworth seat in 1987 and 1992 though was unsuccessful on both occasions.For the 1997 election she was again selected on this occassion through an all-women shortlist although this was outlawed in 1996.In 2000 Ms Keen became well known for campaigning on Gay Rights, her interest in the issue sparked when she was reunited with her gay son Mark Lloyd Fox in 1997 who she had given up for adoption.Ann Keen employed him as a member of staff at parliament. Ms Keen is the daughter of steelworker John Lloyd Fox and Ruby Hughes. She went to Elfed Secondary Modern School in Buckley,Clwyd. She worked in the NHS before training as a registered nurse at Ashford General Hospital in Ashford Middlesex. She married Alan Keen who remains a Labour MP in 1980. Her sister Sylvia Heal also a former Labour MP, was one of three Deputy Speakers of the House of Commons under Speaker John Bercow. |