12 Facts About Annette Brooke

Dame Annette Lesley Brooke, DBE is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

Annette Brooke was the Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole from the 2001 general election to 2015.

At the time she left office, Brooke was the longest serving female MP in the history of the Liberal Democrats.

Annette Brooke was a tutor with the Open University for 19 years from 1971 and was a school teacher from 1974, including at Aylesbury, and then Head of Economics at the independent Talbot Heath School for Girls in Bournemouth, which she left in 1994.

Annette Brooke contested the Conservative-held seat of Mid Dorset and North Poole at the 2001 General Election.

In 2001 Annette Brooke was elected by 384 votes and held the seat until 2015 where it was regained by the Conservatives.

Annette Brooke made her maiden speech on 21 June 2001.

Annette Brooke announced in 2013 that she would stand down as a Member of Parliament at the next general election in 2015.

Annette Brooke is married to Michael with two daughters, and is a partner in her family firm selling rocks and minerals, started in 1987.

Annette Brooke was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for public and political service.

Annette Brooke was elevated to a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Dissolution Honours Lists on 27 August 2015.

Annette Brooke was appointed to the Privy Council on 16 July 2014.