Janet Dean
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| constituency_MP = Burton
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| predecessor = Ivan Lawrence
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| term_start = 2 May 1997
| term_end = 12 April 2010
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| birth_place = Crewe, Cheshire, England
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| nationality = English
| spouse = Alan Dean
| party = Labour
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Janet Elizabeth Ann Dean (née Gibson; born 28 January 1949) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Burton from 1997{{cite web |url=http://www.janetdean.info/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20041016025230/http://www.janetdean.info/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=16 October 2004 |title=Janet Dean's Website's Homepage |website=Janetdean.info|access-date=2008-05-29}} to 2010.
Early life
Born Janet Gibson in Crewe, she was educated at the Verdin Grammar School in Winsford.{{cite web|url=http://www.janetdean.info/ViewPage.cfm?Page=16363 |title=Janet Dean's Biography |access-date=2008-05-29 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514154406/http://www.janetdean.info/ViewPage.cfm?Page=16363 |archivedate=14 May 2007 }} On leaving school in 1965 she became a clerk at Barclays Bank, before moving to Bass Charrington in 1969.
Politics
She was elected as a councillor to the Staffordshire County Council in 1981 and to the East Staffordshire District Council in 1991, becoming its mayor in 1996. She was also elected to the Uttoxeter Town Council in 1995. She stepped down from all three councils on her election to Parliament.
Dean was selected to stand for election for Labour through an all-women shortlist. She was elected to the House of Commons in the 1997 general election, winning Burton from the sitting Conservative MP, Ivan Lawrence, by 6,330 votes. She made her maiden speech on 30 July 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo970730/debtext/70730-02.htm#70730-02_spnew0|title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 30 Jul 1997 (pt 2)|website=Publications.parliament.uk|access-date=31 October 2021}} In Parliament, Dean was a member of the Catering Select committee from her election until 2005. Dean was a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee from 1999, and since the 2005 general election, she has also been a member of the Speaker's Panel of Chairmen.
She was a loyal backbencher although rebelling against the privatisation of air traffic control in 2000, a local issue given the proximity of her constituency to the East Midlands Airport. She was the chairperson of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Lupus{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi353.htm |title=Register of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Lupus |access-date=2008-05-29 |publisher=UK House of Commons |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119032119/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi353.htm |archivedate=19 November 2007 }} – an issue close to her heart, as both her mother and husband died from it.
On 20 June 2007, Dean announced her intention to stand down at the next general election.{{cite news|url=http://www.janetdean.info/ViewPage.cfm?Page=21775 |title=Janet Dean, MP for Burton and Uttoxeter, has announced her intention to stand down at the next General Election |date=16 June 2007 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709131512/http://www.janetdean.info/ViewPage.cfm?Page=21775 |archivedate=9 July 2007 }} Her seat was gained by Andrew Griffiths of the Conservative Party.
Personal life
References
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External links
- {{Official|http://www.janetdean.info/ }}
- [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-1363,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Janet Dean MP]
- [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/janet_dean/burton TheyWorkForYou.com - Janet Dean MP]
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Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
Category:Councillors in Staffordshire
Category:20th-century British women politicians
Category:21st-century British women politicians
Category:20th-century English women
Category:20th-century English politicians
Category:21st-century English women