Beverley Hughes was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire in 1950 and was educated at Ellesmere Port Girls' Grammar School on Sycamore Drive in Whitby, Ellesmere Port.
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Beverley Hughes moved to Flixton in 1976, and has lived there ever since.
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Beverley Hughes studied for a BSc in Social Science at the University of Manchester, graduating in 1971.
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Beverley Hughes gained a Diploma in Applied Social Studies in 1974 from the University of Liverpool.
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Beverley Hughes worked as a probation officer in Merseyside from 1971 to 1976.
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From 1976 to 1997 Beverley Hughes worked first as a research associate, then lecturer and then a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Policy at the University of Manchester, a department that she became the head of in 1994.
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Beverley Hughes established herself, and was appointed leader of the council's Labour Group in 1992.
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Beverley Hughes became Trafford Borough Council Leader in 1995, remaining in the post until her election to the UK Parliament at the 1997 general election.
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The programme was in fact parodying hysteria surrounding the issue of paedophilia and the media, thus commentators suggested that extreme reactions such as those by Beverley Hughes had in fact emphasised the need for such programming.
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Beverley Hughes was re-appointed into government after the 2005 general election as the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families in the Department for Education and Skills.
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Beverley Hughes became the Regional Minister for the North West as of 19 July 2007.
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On 2 June 2009, Beverley Hughes announced she was resigning her ministerial position of Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families within that week following the Local and European elections with a cabinet reshuffle anticipated.
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Beverley Hughes stood down at the 2010 General Election for "personal reasons" and specifically denied that she was standing down due to the ongoing expenses scandal.
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Beverley Hughes was made a life peer on 15 July 2010 taking the title Baroness Hughes of Stretford, of Ellesmere Port in the County of Cheshire.
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On 6 May 2017, Beverley Hughes was appointed as Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing and Crime by Greater Manchester Combined Authority mayor, and former Shadow Home Secretary, Andy Burnham.
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On 9 January 2023 Beverley Hughes retired as Deputy Mayor, with Kate Green succeeding her.
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Beverley Hughes married Thomas McDonald in 1973 in West Cheshire and has three grown up children: one son and two daughters.