Meet the MP: Mary Creagh

What makes Labour MP Mary Creagh tick? Read on to find out...

Constituency: Wakefield

Date of Birth: 2 December 1967

Marital Status/Family: Married, one son

Educated: Bishop Ullathorne School, Coventry; Pembroke College, Oxford; London School of Economics

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE YOU WERE AN MP?

Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Cranfield School of Management.

WHAT WERE YOU LIKE AT SCHOOL?

A swot.

WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO POLITICS?

Ability to change things for the better.

WHAT'S THE BEST/WORST THING ABOUT BEING AN MP?

Best - making a difference and representing constituents.

Worst - the late night votes which are tiring.

WHO IS YOUR HERO?

Nelson Mandela, a great leader; my mother, a wonderful loving person.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SONG/PIECE OF MUSIC?

Ain't Nobody - Rufus and Chaka Khan.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR FASHION SENSE?

Eclectic, practical and fun.

WHAT'S YOUR IDEA OF A GOOD NIGHT OUT?

Dinner with friends.

WHAT CAN'T YOU LIVE WITHOUT?

Lipstick.

TELL US SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU

I used to wear two hearing aids.

CONTACT DETAILS:

[e-mail]

http://www.marycreagh.co.uk

Mary Creagh MP, 20-22 Cheapside, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2TF

0207 219 6984

01924 36 9633